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Originally Posted by Arragonis
I can count on the fingers of 3 fingers the times I have needed to do 0-60 as fast as possible, in 30 years.
Is every light in the US a drag race ?
In which case that's your problem.
Why do you need to win, why do you even need to compete.
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I can't count on all my fingers how many times I've exceeded 5000rpm for fun in the past month. Sometimes it's not about what you need, but what you want. Acceleration and its accompanied adrenaline rush are
really, really fun. I'll take 40mpg and 0-60 in 8 seconds compared to 50mpg and 0-60 in 12 seconds.
Of course it doesn't apply to most modern cars, but when your car has a lower performance threshold you can push it harder without breaking traffic laws.
To answer the OP, American car companies make
A LOT OF MONEY on trucks. Fuel efficient engines are more expensive to produce than big, simple small blocks. It's easier to put out a big powerful sedan than a super-efficient econobox.