When selecting a new vehicle, gas economy was a key point for at least one-third of American car buyers. Because of so many people now very worried about global warming, pollution and reliance on foreign oil, you might be surprised to know that in 1992 General Motors built a car that actually got 100 miles per gallon. The GM TPC became a car that was able to get 75 miles per gallon, weighed about 1000 pounds, plus looked like the Geo Metro. The car had a 3-cylinder engine, however was forgotten when it needed 200 pounds of reinforcement to be added to comply with America’s safety laws.

It really is stunning that GM had this car built and discontinued, but they had other prototypes that ended the same way. These kinds of automobiles include the GM Lean-Machine in 1982 at 80 MPG, as well as the GM Ultralite which got 100 MPG. In 1992 Honda appeared to be reaching 50 miles per gallon with the Civic VX, and at the same time General Motors had vehicles behind the scenes getting 100 MPG, though selling the public cars that were getting 20 MPG. Since cars have already been built that get 100 miles per gallon, then why are they not being sold to the general public?

How come conventional vehicles sold in the US, while at the same time, the same vendors are selling different vehicles far away in other countries? For many years cars that get over 70 miles per gallon have been sold in Japan and Europe. The Lupo, a Volkswagen, is a perfect example of a car that gets 78 MPG, but has never been sold in the US. Honda introduced to the US market in 2007, a car called the Fit, but known as the Jazz in other parts of the world. The Jazz in Japan has methods to increase fuel economy and a smaller engine, but for the US, the Fit doesn’t even use a smaller engine as an option.

The auto manufacturers tell Americans that they love big cars, and that is what they want to make big cars. Of course they make big money on SUVs, and almost nothing on a small two-person commuter. Commercials have convinced the citizens of the US that Tanks on Wheels are an absolute must to have. The reality that options have never been provided demonstrates where the big companies have their interests. The top in fuel economy may have been General Motors, but they prefer to remain the leader in SUVs instead. The rest of the car makers did the same thing by producing fuel-efficient cars, and then denied them to Americans.

We all live in a society that has waged wars over oil, that has been polluted, and car makers have never even given the choice to people in this country of fuel-efficient cars. What number of people might have loved having a car that got good gas mileage, and were never offered the option? Perhaps it is time for you to get those outdated plans back out and build a vehicle that has already been built before.

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