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Peryn · 10-17-2003, 08:06 PM

You are absolutely right, out of necessity, Europe and japan make small cars and small engines. They tend to have worse maintained, more congested, and smaller streets than the US. Naturally a small car works here. They also have incredibly high gas prices. This discourages large engines, so small, high output gas-freindly engines are the norm there. Good power, in a small car, with happy gas mileage. Everybody wins.

Well, almost everyone wins. While you tend to get smaller cars and engines with better performance AND mileage, you simply cannot pass USA emmissions standards. To get cars to pass strict emissions standards here we tend to put in larger engines capable of large amount of power. We then choke the power out of them to meet strict emissions requirements yet still maintain sufficient power.

Ever wonder why the Japanese, european, australian, etc. cars have more power? Because they are dirtier. They pollute too much to be allowed in the US as a daily driver. The pollution limiting equipment we require robs horsepower.

Anyway, had to leave for a while and forgot what i said. Point im making is foreign (to the US) cars are better for fuel and size, but pullute more than even our large (non-deisel) cars/SUVs

10-17-2003, 08:06 PM	#67 (permalink)
Peryn Junkie Location: San Diego, CA.	You are absolutely right, out of necessity, Europe and japan make small cars and small engines. They tend to have worse maintained, more congested, and smaller streets than the US. Naturally a small car works here. They also have incredibly high gas prices. This discourages large engines, so small, high output gas-freindly engines are the norm there. Good power, in a small car, with happy gas mileage. Everybody wins. Well, almost everyone wins. While you tend to get smaller cars and engines with better performance AND mileage, you simply cannot pass USA emmissions standards. To get cars to pass strict emissions standards here we tend to put in larger engines capable of large amount of power. We then choke the power out of them to meet strict emissions requirements yet still maintain sufficient power. Ever wonder why the Japanese, european, australian, etc. cars have more power? Because they are dirtier. They pollute too much to be allowed in the US as a daily driver. The pollution limiting equipment we require robs horsepower. Anyway, had to leave for a while and forgot what i said. Point im making is foreign (to the US) cars are better for fuel and size, but pullute more than even our large (non-deisel) cars/SUVs __________________ Dont cry kid, It's not your fault you suck.