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Originally Posted by TheLastBoyScout
True..... and those that do drive, by and large, made the jump to VERY fuel efficient cars over a decade ago. Not many pickups and SUV's over there.
They are used to playing up the fuel economy of a car like we are used to playing up horsepower.... Totally different mentalities, but we are beginning to follow their example.
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I agree. I'm currently working with two guys from France and they can't believe how big the vehicles and engine sizes are over here. They said that the average engine size over there is 1.4 liters (not sure how that translates to US measurements) and most are smaller cars. Here we have a ton of SUVs and regular trucks thanks to all the mining in the area.
They also mentioned that instead of increasing the engine size over there, they are doing exactly what you said, working on the efficiency of their engines.