Just curious, where do they sell it? Europe?

Thats so Fu**ing stupid. Honestly I Live here in America. For all you Europeans I love my country but I do agree we are soooooo arogant to the world. Why wouldent they sell this thing in America. Even with its Problems They should sell it anyways. Imagine if everyone stopped and bought one..... This dirves me mad! I just bought a mercury mariner hybrid car 45 mpg. I get it in 10 days . WE NEED FUEL EFFICIENCY.

Econoboxes suck.

The Tesla Roadster rocks.

http://www.teslamotors.com/

It's priced like a Ferrari, goes from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds, and it's available in the USA. And oh, yeah, did I mention it gets the equivalent of 100 or more mpg? Take that, stupid econoboxes!!

I'm personally driving a Honda Civic. I average about 33 mpg, but I've hit 40+ on occasion. I don't own it, though. When I do finally buy my own vehicle, it's likely to be a Ford Focus (that 35 mg one) or one of Chevrolet's "Fuel Solutions" vehicles if they're in production by the time I'm ready to buy a new car. I like for high MPG, but I also like to support companies located in the USA.

I'd much prefer to keep the economy and throw away the box. I don't want to make a statement (and if I do, I want it to be "eat my dust"), I just want better mileage. Don't make me drive an ugly car just because I want a fuel efficient one.

No offense but aren 't you supposed to post this on some car website?

Get a grip!

To import a car from the US to the UK costs about an extra $20,000 to bring it up to UK safety standards. And that's before you decide you want to move the steering wheel to the other side.

Assuming we stick to gasoline.

Diesel. Seriously. Thats the answer. Until we run out of oil.

Diesel engines do not need diesel to run. The reason they starting using the fuel we call diesel in these engines was because it was a waste product of gas.  So they found a good use for it. Now a days its used so much its in very high demand.  We need to invest in the other kinds of fuels that work in a diesel.

Put yes diesel is a good answer.

I don't have the passanger size down, but I do know over in europe they have some say 12 passanger vans that are deisel and they get fairly decent milage for a veichel that size.  Even the SUVs can get decent milage, but require money put into them in order to get it.  With enoght money invested in after market parts an v-6 explorer (2 wheel drive) can get over 30mpg.  The tec is there but there are to many restrictions to be able to do if from the factory.

Now with 4 wheel drive its not going to be as high but still a decent gain.  With the v8 (depending on which year) you could get around the same milage and in some cases better milage.  Not so much highway or city, but on back roads with a lot of hills the 8 really does help out.

I picked the explore since its a mid sized suv.  Once you get bigger then that, well I don't see milage improving to much.  The smaller suvs, such as the ford escape can really have their milage improved. 

Now what they need to do is get them some deisels and I bet that would really help out SUVS. 

What really gets me is people spend so much money on them, then fuel goes up so they sell them to cut down on the cost of fuel.  But then end up loosing a lot of money when the sale it.  Fuel prices drop a doller and then the suvs pop up again.

There is nothing wrong with owning an SUV if its something you put to work.  Say maybe your some one that tows a lot, maybe likes having 4 wheel drive option in the winter, however would rather have a few extra seats over a bed.  Okay I can understand that.  What I don't get is people go out and buy the biggest SUV (may or may not have 4 wheel drive) think its sports car, and then turn around and complain that they get bad milage.  Or better  yet complain the man told them it would get 20 but they only get 12......

I can say this now is the time to buy SUVs and Pickups since everyone is trying to get rid of the trade ins you can get some good deals.  But I would not bother unless its something your going to use.

I got an old Mitsubishi montereo V6 SUV and its more truck then any other suv and some trucks.

A lot of that is market forces, belive it or not. Most people simply won't buy vehicles that get the milage that used to be the norm. The engine technology is available, but only in the past 5 years or so has it been cost effective to actually use it. People are willing to pay an extra $1000 or more to get a vehicle that gets double the gas milage. Also, emissions standards are important - the less fuel you're buring, the less your exhaust system has to handle. Basically, there is a balance point where fuel costs will meet increased cost of the unit (more expensive components, tighter tolerences, etc) - and current fuel prices are shifting that balance.

The thing to understand is, market forces would likely have changed fuel standards on their own - the government was simply trying to speed the process.