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No less than one third of new car purchasers in America regarded fuel economy an important factor.. Way back in 1992 by now General Motors built a vehicle that got 100 miles to the gallon – and all these years afterwards one of people’s major concerns on top of global warming and pollution is dependence on foreign oil. An additional automobile, the GM TPC, which looked a lot like the Geo Metro, weighed only 1000 pounds and could easily get 75 miles per gallon. Unfortunately, in order to meet American safety regulations, the 3-cylinder vehicle required reinforcement weighing 200 pounds, which led to further development being discarded.

It really is rather shocking that this had not been the only GM prototype that was built, only to be thrown out later. A few of these were the 1982 GM Lean Machine which performed 80 miles per gallon, and the GM Ultralite which made 100 mpg. As soon as Honda in 1992 attained 50 mpg with the Civic VX, GM was promoting cars that got 20 mpg, while in the background they had vehicles capable of 100 mpg. Undoubtedly this begs the question as to the reasons these cars that are efficient at 100 mpg are not available to the public.

It’s really a peculiar phenomenon that some companies market traditional vehicles in the US, but sell different, more efficient cars in other countries. Consumers in Japan and Europe have for quite some time now managed to get cars that do 70 miles per gallon and more. A case in point of a vehicle never offered within the US and capable of 78 mpg, is the Lupo by Volkswagen. A vehicle called the Jazz elsewhere in the world was unveiled in the States in 2007 as the Fit. You can get economy-boosting features with the Jazz in Japan, say for example a smaller engine and other ways to reduce consumption, but not so with the Fit in the US.

In North America the manufacturers claim they have to build big cars mainly because that is what the American public wants. Building a small commuter type vehicle doesn’t make the manfacturer big money, unlike with a large SUV. A Tank on Wheels may be the thing to get – that’s the concept that the commercials beguile the American public with. Fuel-saving options from the big companies are uncommon, so it’s pretty easy to deduce where their interests lay. In lieu of being identified with SUVs, GM today could have been recognized as a leader in fuel-economic vehicles. Several other manufacturers in addition have developed fuel-efficient cars, but they’ve all practiced the same as GM by not offering them to Americans.

In spite of climatic change and the incredible pollution of the world environment, US car makers have yet to respond positively and at least give Americans the option of a fuel-efficient car. The question comes up: how many Americans would have welcomed the option of getting a car with good gas mileage but weren’t ever offered it? Perhaps the time has come to revive building those cars that were developed only to be abandoned all those years ago.

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