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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
Europe has CO2 taxes, Japan does not. There's less reason for Japanese cars to be economical.
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Fuel is somewhat expensive in Japan (at least compared to the US). They have a displacement tax but that's a bit different I guess.
I think the biggest reason why a lot of Japanese cars don't have great aero and have short gearing is because Japanese people don't drive many freeway miles, so it's not worth it for them to build highly aerodynamic highway cruisers.