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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 601021" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Actually, the cars would have no problem at all passing safety tests; the Germans pretty much wrote the book on building cars that will stand up to 100MPH autobahn crashes.</p><p> </p><p>The problem is the EPA, which deems an 80MPG turbodiesel VW Lupo to be too "polluting" while giving a 7MPG Hummer a free pass.</p><p> </p><p>Our emissions laws are skewed and biased towards large, gasoline powered engines. Small, hyper-efficient diesel engines of the type commonly seen in European cars are not able to meet overly strict US pollution regs, yet the large diesel and gasoline engines used in 3/4 ton trucks and SUV's are conveniently exempt from such laws.</p><p> </p><p>I have often felt the oil industry has a hand in this. They do <em>not </em>want Americans to have access to the same types of super-efficient vehicles that are available in Europe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 601021, member: 14668"] Actually, the cars would have no problem at all passing safety tests; the Germans pretty much wrote the book on building cars that will stand up to 100MPH autobahn crashes. The problem is the EPA, which deems an 80MPG turbodiesel VW Lupo to be too "polluting" while giving a 7MPG Hummer a free pass. Our emissions laws are skewed and biased towards large, gasoline powered engines. Small, hyper-efficient diesel engines of the type commonly seen in European cars are not able to meet overly strict US pollution regs, yet the large diesel and gasoline engines used in 3/4 ton trucks and SUV's are conveniently exempt from such laws. I have often felt the oil industry has a hand in this. They do [I]not [/I]want Americans to have access to the same types of super-efficient vehicles that are available in Europe. [/QUOTE]
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