Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
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Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
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Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#2the problem with Ford is that they just stopped trying. Sure they can't import the diesel version...but the Fiesta is a very light car, throw a tiny engine in there, and you'll get a 45-50mpg 100hp commuter. Sure it won't have as much torque, but at this point people are willing to sacrifice power for mpg.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#3They can't sell it in the US because it would destroy the carefully-perpetuated myth that expensive hybrid cars are the only way for fuel efficiency.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#4They can't sell it in the US because it would destroy the carefully-perpetuated myth that expensive hybrid cars are the only way for fuel efficiency.
Ford doesn't have any interest in maintaining that myth -- they only have one hybrid model. Toyota is the only company currently getting rich off that particular myth.
They couldn't sell it in the US because by US standards it's tiny, underpowered and expensive.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#5the problem with Ford is that they just stopped trying. Sure they can't import the diesel version...but the Fiesta is a very light car, throw a tiny engine in there, and you'll get a 45-50mpg 100hp commuter. Sure it won't have as much torque, but at this point people are willing to sacrifice power for mpg.
There was a spike in fuel-obsessiveness about six weeks ago, but now prices have flattened off people care much less. People only care about saving fuel when fuel prices rise suddenly, not when they're flat-but-high.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#6Just a note - the reason that small diesels are not popular here is because of the California Air Resources Board's idiotic measurement methods.
They count total emissions not per-mile, but per-gallon, completely ignoring that the diesel-powered vehicle will go farther on the same amount of fuel.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#7the problem with Ford is that they just stopped trying. Sure they can't import the diesel version...but the Fiesta is a very light car, throw a tiny engine in there, and you'll get a 45-50mpg 100hp commuter. Sure it won't have as much torque, but at this point people are willing to sacrifice power for mpg.
There was a spike in fuel-obsessiveness about six weeks ago, but now prices have flattened off people care much less. People only care about saving fuel when fuel prices rise suddenly, not when they're flat-but-high.
And low torque makes driving depressing.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#8the problem with Ford is that they just stopped trying. Sure they can't import the diesel version...but the Fiesta is a very light car, throw a tiny engine in there, and you'll get a 45-50mpg 100hp commuter. Sure it won't have as much torque, but at this point people are willing to sacrifice power for mpg.
There was a spike in fuel-obsessiveness about six weeks ago, but now prices have flattened off people care much less. People only care about saving fuel when fuel prices rise suddenly, not when they're flat-but-high.
Do you have a link for your six weeks ago asasertion? I don't doubt what you're saying, but that kind of data really interests me.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#9the problem with Ford is that they just stopped trying. Sure they can't import the diesel version...but the Fiesta is a very light car, throw a tiny engine in there, and you'll get a 45-50mpg 100hp commuter. Sure it won't have as much torque, but at this point people are willing to sacrifice power for mpg.
I loved my Geo Metro. It had four doors! And got just under 50 mpg. It was not a luxury car by any means, but it got me where I needed to go.
Re: Ford Makes 65 mpg Car, but can't Sell it in the United States
#10I know a lot of people who would love to have a Diesel Cooper Mini, but like the Fiesta, it will never be sold in the US. I'd love to have one and run it on biodiesel. (This month, I am using Waste Vegetable Oil derived fuel.) My dad would love to have one, and he's almost 80!