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[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by harda toenail

Our car isn't "underpowered". It gets to speed on the highway just fine and will do any legal speed limit no problem.
Why would you want more unless you take it to a track?

[kimona]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Only in The Good Ol' U.S. of A. would we consider this car to be "underpowered".

Precisely!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Only in The Good Ol' U.S. of A. would we consider this car to be "underpowered".

...and in certain areas (some not too far away from me) that attitude is magnified many times over.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by TPA5

Underpowered would be if it didn't reach the speedlimit. It does, and it does in a reasonable amount of time. All my friends laugh at it, until they hear my monthly gas expenses. Then I'm taking mi'lady out to a nice restaurant to eat, because I have the spare money, while their massive SUV's and pickup trucks sit silent in a driveway 'cause they can't afford gas.

Whose laughing now!?...Well probably still them. But I don't even care.

When you have a nice retirement because you've made intelligent decisions re your money and they don't because they haven't...Who will be laughing at that point!

[tooter]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Only in The Good Ol' U.S. of A. would we consider this car to be "underpowered".

Can this be the same Billiam?


+ 1,000,000



(I'm having so much fun with your joke... )

[jayeh]

The ninth least powerful car for sale in the US has an engine that is larger than what the same model car in the rest of the world comes with. Interesting.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jayeh

The ninth least powerful car for sale in the US has an engine that is larger than what the same model car in the rest of the world comes with. Interesting.

I wonder if part of the reason for the smaller engines not being available in the U.S. is that the opposite of the 'bigger is better' feeling that exists in the U.S. can only be pushed so far. I think the biggest reason the smaller engines available in Europe aren't available in the U.S. is that gas doesn't cost enough to push the will of the people (and I'm NOT one of those people who wants the price of gas to go up to nudge people to use less....I'm just sayin'...). Another reason I think a smaller engine isn't offered is I think Toyota might fear that consumers wouldn't have enough confidence that they could safely navigate U.S. freeways given that said freeways have so many low skill drivers on them. Another avenue to look at would be how well have cars with a smaller than 1500cc engine sold in the U.S. in the past, how did the engine size factor in to the sale of that particular model, and how specifically has the market changed since that time.