Originally posted by boneplayaOriginally posted by gouldy
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Something is seriously wrong with America's cars.
That's the thing; a Mazda 3, although perhaps altered specifically for the American market before it leaves Japan, isn't an American car. The last time my mom was looking for a medium sized new car, a Mazda 3 was one of the cars she was looking at and it's fuel consumption on a combined cycle was 62mpg. Even the hot hatch Mazda 3 does 42mpg on a combined cycle. So, what's going on!? Do they just strap in a terrible engine in the American version of cars?
I don't get it, it's not like they don't have access to the technology. For example, although my car and Fords like the Focus and the Fiesta are designed and built by Ford's European arm, Ford is still an American company...
Even the Focus RS500, the VERY hottest of all the hot hatches still returns over 30mpg combined, read down this page:
http://www.rs-ford.co.uk/ford-focus-rs-mk2/
And yet, I get the feeling that to an American, 30mpg return on fuel would be something to be quite pleased with? I really don't get it.