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Originally Posted by Zedrow
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.
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We are already starting to diverge away from our old way of thinking in America, though.
My father used to be a big muscle car aficionado, but just this year, he bought a Prius....... For me, more than anything else, that exemplifies a realization that both we and our cars are going to need to be more practical in the coming years. Habits die hard though, so it will take a while before the landscape really changes on a wholesale level. But the trend is being forced on us more than anything else... the era of negligible gas prices is in the past.