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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 807477" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>If we were paying the <em>true price</em> of fuel at the pump ($6-$7 per gallon if you factor in the environmental costs of drilling, oil company tax breaks, military presence in Middle East etc.) then 70MPG cars such as the Lupo would be selling faster than VW could make them.</p><p> </p><p>Look what happened when Toyota first came out with the Prius. You had to get on a <em>waiting list</em> to buy one. There <em>is</em> a demand for fuel-efficient cars in the USA and if fuel were priced realistically that demand would be even greater. Compact, hyper-efficient diesel cars such as the Lupo are available everywhere in the world except for here, and our own government is to blame for rigging the emissions standards to make these types of cars impossible to produce or import.</p><p>For some bizarre reason it is considered perfectly acceptable to commute to work in an 7MPG Humvee or a Navigator, but we cant drive a Lupo that gets <strong>ten times the fuel mileage</strong> because it "pollutes" too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 807477, member: 14668"] If we were paying the [I]true price[/I] of fuel at the pump ($6-$7 per gallon if you factor in the environmental costs of drilling, oil company tax breaks, military presence in Middle East etc.) then 70MPG cars such as the Lupo would be selling faster than VW could make them. Look what happened when Toyota first came out with the Prius. You had to get on a [I]waiting list[/I] to buy one. There [I]is[/I] a demand for fuel-efficient cars in the USA and if fuel were priced realistically that demand would be even greater. Compact, hyper-efficient diesel cars such as the Lupo are available everywhere in the world except for here, and our own government is to blame for rigging the emissions standards to make these types of cars impossible to produce or import. For some bizarre reason it is considered perfectly acceptable to commute to work in an 7MPG Humvee or a Navigator, but we cant drive a Lupo that gets [B]ten times the fuel mileage[/B] because it "pollutes" too much. [/QUOTE]
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