Power economy was viewed as a significant factor in their pick of a new car by a minimum of 1/3 of buyers in America. Because of the preoccupation today with air pollution, global warming and America’s dependence on overseas sources of oil, it’s actually shocking to learn that as long ago as 1992 a car that got 100 miles to the gallon was built by General Motors. There was also a car that looked a lot like the Geo Metro and weighed 1000 pounds, which boasted 75 miles per gallon gas mileage. Development of the vehicle, the engine of which had 3 cylinders, was dropped because, in order to meet American safety standards, it had to be reinforced which added 200 pounds to its weight.
This was not the only protype built by GM which ended up on the scrapheap. The GM Lean Machine of 1982, which could obtain 80 mpg, as well as the GM Ultralite which reached a fabulous 100 mpg, were two of these vehicles. GM was offering cars to the buying public in 1992 that did 20 mpg, while Honda was getting 50 mpg with their Civic VX, but right then GM already covertly had cars doing 100 miles per gallon. In the event that cars which were able to do 100 miles per gallon had already been developed way back then, why is it that such cars are not being sold today?
It is just a weird phenomenon that some companies promote traditional vehicles in the US, but sell different, more efficient cars in other countries. Consumers in Japan and Europe have for quite some time now managed to get cars that do 70 miles per gallon and more. A case in point of a vehicle never offered within the US and capable of 78 mpg, is the Lupo by Volkswagen. In 2007, Honda in america released the FIT, in other places known as the Jazz. Throughout Japan the Jazz designs include one with a scaled-down engine, plus there are ways to improve fuel consumption, but with the Fit in the US not even the option of a smaller engine is offered.
Auto manufacturers in America tell their public that they make big autos because they, the public, love big autos. It’s obvious that manufacturers don’t make a lot of money selling a small 2-person commuter vehicle, but they certainly do selling big SUVs. American citizens have been brainwashed with advertisements to believe that they just must have the latest and largest bundu basher. It’s quite clear where the big companies’ interests lay when you consider that they have never offered options. GM could today have been in the vanguard with fuel-efficient vehicles, but they chose, 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 manufacturers have never 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. Ask this question: how many people who were never given the opportunity would have been excited to have a car that was fuel-efficient? Might it be time to recover those dumped designs and, again, start building those vehicles that were once built a long time ago? Discover more escalade wheels.
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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