At least one third of new car buyers in America considered fuel economy an important factor.. Way back in 1992 by now General Motors built a vehicle that got 100 miles to the gallon – and all these years afterwards one of people’s major concerns on top of global warming and pollution is dependence on foreign oil. Yet another car, the GM TPC, which looked a lot like the Geo Metro, weighed only 1000 pounds and would get 75 miles per gallon. The car had a 3-cylinder engine, yet was discontinued when it needed 200 pounds of reinforcement to be added to comply with America’s safety laws.
It really is stunning that GM had this car built and discontinued, but they had other prototypes that ended the same way. These types of automobiles include the GM Lean-Machine in 1982 at 80 MPG, as well as the GM Ultralite which got 100 MPG. In 1992 Honda had been attaining 50 miles per gallon with the Civic VX, and at the same time General Motors had vehicles behind the scenes getting 100 MPG, even though selling the public cars that were getting 20 MPG. Because cars have already been developed that get 100 miles per gallon, then why are they not being offered to the general public?
Why are traditional vehicles sold in the US, while at the same time, the same companies are selling different vehicles far away in other countries? For many years cars that get over 70 miles per gallon have been sold in Japan and Europe. The Lupo, a Volkswagen, is a great demonstration of a car that gets 78 MPG, but hasn’t ever been sold in the US. Honda launched to the US marketplace in 2007, a car known as the Fit, but known as the Jazz in other parts of the world. The Jazz in Japan has solutions to enhance fuel economy and a smaller engine, but for the US, the Fit doesn’t even contain a smaller engine as an option.
The automobile producers tell Americans that they love big cars, and that is what they want to create big cars. Of course they make big money on SUVs, and almost nothing on a small two-person commuter. Commercials have convinced the citizens of the US that Tanks on Wheels are an absolute must to have. It is quite obvious where the large companies’ interests lay when you consider that they have never offered options. GM could right now have been in the forefront with fuel-efficient vehicles, but they decided, rather, to champion SUVs. Americans haven’t been denied just by GM, but also by the rest of the manufacturers who have developed fuel-efficient cars.
American auto producers have not given the US people the option to acquire a fuel-efficient car, despite the world having beem embroiled in oil wars and being severely polluted. Consider how many people who were never given the choice would have been thrilled to have a car that was fuel-efficient? Could it be time to retrieve those discarded designs and, again, start building those vehicles that were once built a long time ago?
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