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Old 06-18-2012, 12:48 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cobb View Post
what customers want is MORE POWER vs mpg.
Which is one of the biggest complaints about my car's 1.5 liter engine. Consumer Reports cried (honestly, tears were shed) about how "underpowered" the engine is. It frustrates me because auto manufacturers know Americans want huge horsepower, and so Toyota didn't even import any of their 1.0 liter Yaris cars into the US (which by the way get 50 MPG highway).
Unfortunately, the stupidity of the average American consumer is the greatest reason we don't sell high-efficiency cars here in the US.

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