Originally Posted by henk4
The majority of small cars are NOT in the US. Japan and europe where - what do you know - the price of petrol is double that in the US.
Cars are also insured and taxed based on engine capacity so manufacturers have to get max performance from their 1.6 four bangers.
How do you get max performance out of a small engine. OHC
It is only the US that can afford capacity.
And hopefully that will change.
Not as long as Bush is around granted. But it's about time the US manufacturers were forced by the government to reduce weight and increase the economy of their vehicles.
Becasue they aren't going to do it of their own backs.
The Harley running like shit reference was an example of a company sticking to tradition - which someone else clarified. The patented design and sound of the engine and the way it fires. I can't help it if you like these buckets, that's personal preferance.