Want 60+ miles per gallon car ?

Question

Why in the USA ,car manufacturers don't offer a small DIESEL engine cars which they offer in the Europe?
Those small DIESEL engine cars get 60+ miles per gallon and are 30-50% from overall car sales numbers in Europe. Those cars are also 30-35% more fuel efficient than gasoline engine ones and get same CO2 emissions than gasoline engines or better. Those DIESEL engines last longer and require less maintenance than gasoline engine's.
There is Ford's,GM (European model's called Vauxhall and Opel) ,Volkswagen's,Toyota's and etc. for sale in the Europe...
Those cars cost only $12,000-$15,000 a piece.
TOYOTA PRIUS and HONDA INSIGHT AREN'T ONLY CARS GETTING 60+ miles per gallon!
I am just sicken tired of lies which Ford and GM tell to American consumer. If they would be patriotic companies,they would sell same fuel effient DIESEL cars here at USA as they do around the Europe and around the world.
You can check this info from following link.

www.bovinebazaar.com/deisel.htm

Answer 1

When diesel fuel burns in an engine, the resulting exhaust is made up of soot and gases representing thousands of different chemical substances. 90% of the soot consists of <1u diameter particles that can be inhaled and deposited in the lungs. Diesel exhaust contains 20-100 times more particles than gasoline exhaust. These particles carry absorbed cancer causing substances known as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)’s.

This is why, this is why we use gasoline as the American Standard rather than diesel.

I agree with you. I think that diesel is and efficient source of fuel, but the smog it produces is a major turn off.

Answer 2

In 2008, Daimler-Chrysler will introduce the SMART car to the US market. The European, Smart ForTwo model (a 2 seater) gets 60MPG with a 3 cyl. diesel engine, but the Americanized version will be slightly larger, slightly more powerful and get closer to 40MPG. Starting at around $11,000.

These cars are already available in Canada. I'm not happy about dropping 20MPG, but I'm still interested in the car.

My wife drives an '03 Prius which gets an yearly average of 41MPG. I keep track of every drop of gas it uses and have an extensive spreadsheet of fuel economy. In southern US, our Prius would get WAY better milage, but the cold & snow in New England drops the summer's 48-50MPG average to 41.

Answer 3

Who knows..... My wifes VW Beetle gets 42 mpg highway and it is a gas engine.... so it is good enough for us.