Why can't we buy the small gas sipping cars in the US that are found all over Europe???

Answer 1

Mostly because they may not be engineered to U.S. crash standards and/or pollution standards. As time goes on, the European standards are getting to be more like U.S. standards. Also, most Americans aren't ready to drive an efficient small diesel or a smaller car. I had a Ford Fiesta back in the late 70's and loved it. It was officially imported to the U.S. However, most people that rode in it were afraid of it's small size. Remember, a Corolla/Sentra sized vehicle is considered a full-sized family vehicle in much of the world!

Answer 2

Don't worry there poised at our borders waiting for dealership networks and $$$ Smart cars, Chinese cars three different brands. A class cars under 90" Cars already here are 100" B class cars Toyota Yarus, Nissan Versa ,Honda Fit, Scion XA, Suzuki Chev Aveio, Now the old high sulfur diesel is about gone you will start seeing more small cars diesel powered 1.2 liter 65 mpg "put puts"
My reccomendation is buy the biggest high powered thing you can have fun with now before the crack down on carbon emissions. Enjoy your last V-8 sports car...

Answer 3

Skewed priorities, and a barely questioned sense of what "majority" sentiment must be. Mfrs. aren't going to bring these cars in if they think we, the public, at macro level, will not buy them. And indications are, at a macro level, they're right. I don't understand it -- I've driven a Civic HX with an mpg-tuned engine, for ten years, cost ~$1K more than the next ["normal" fuel-efficiency] model of the Civic. And friends and acquaintances ask me why I'd do that, with a curious look in their eyes, as they drive these SUV apartments on wheels that they somehow feel they're entitled and compelled to use. Some of them buy redundant Stuff, that they already own in their household, to have another in their SUV. e.g. a "car DVD" in addition to the portable one they already have in their kitchen. So they don't have to carry one from the house to the "vehicle" and back. Even though they can only use one at a time. Then they buy additional copies of their favorite DVD's to have with both players.

And then they put a big "support our troops" and "W the President" sticker on the back of the Urban Air Quality Assault Vehicle. And enough of them exist, that asthma rates in the U.S. are skyrocketing. Go Team!!

Skewed priorities.

Answer 4

As stated, regardless of the proponderance, fairly conversing, of larger vehicles, people now purchase the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and Accord and Ford concentration (A Ford Europe layout) in extra effective parts than and of the vast American outfitted issues. those vehicles are extra constructive designed, and symbolize what people now certainly opt to purchase. The argument that secure=extra constructive does not carry for most of the extra effective American vehicles the two. A Ford Crown Victoria or the blob shaped Taurus isn't as secure as a fashionable Accord, to illustrate. besides, regardless of regulations, many people nevertheless refuse to apply seatbelts, and this provides to any perceptions that smaller vehicles are hazardous: they are designed for use with seatbelts..

Answer 5

Personally, I wouldn't want to drive some of the cars available in Europe that aren't available here. Why aren't they sold here? The answer is because they either won't pass US emissions or safety standards, or both. I don't want to be sitting in one of these when a Ford Expedition runs a red light and demolishes it.

Answer 6

Our government dictates to the auto manufacturers the MPG for new cars every year and they don't want us to have fuel efficient cars,they claim it messes up our ''economy''.Back in 1973 I had a friend that worked for a company called ''Continental Motors Inc.'' and he is/was a ''GENIUS'' in the field of ''carburation'' and he designed a ''carb'' that would get 55 MPG on a big block motor (like 454c.i.) and they bought his ''designs'' for $10 million and he had to agree to move to the Ciro, Egypt and live there for 10 yrs and never design another carb again.And then they destroyed his work.And back then the average MPG for those cars was 16 mpg.and the price of a gal. of gas was $.89 cents.Our government deliberately screws its people when it comes to automobiles in every way,shape and form.Its all Greed and Corruption.

Answer 7

Because the majority of American drivers won't buy them, making it not a great idea to export the cars here. We're too busy figuring out which new idiot SUV to drive. Americans are stupid like that. We don't "need" an SUV, but we buy one anyway. I'll keep my 30 plus mpg family car thanks.

Answer 8

craigs List

Answer 9

Like the Yugo??

Answer 10

blame that on bush