And Volvo is ready to introduce a 53 MPG diesel!

[thewayne]

Safety plus high mileage! (and high maintenance prices!)

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/09/pity-the-vintag.html

Comments

[silveradept]

Excellent. But we don't get any of that? What the hell? You would think that with the way things are right now, those who have those nice fuel-efficient cars would be trying very hard to get them to the market here.

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

I keep noticing that a recurring theme in these stories is that we can't have one in the states. I haven't read through all the stories, are they always the same reason? I keep hearing Safety laws mentioned when people have talked about the Ford Models (I'm not up on this, just sort of curious)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Usually it's emissions standards. Apparently the European standard is a bit looser than here. Traditionally, California has had the toughest standards in the country, so everyone either had to meet those standards or their cars couldn't be registered there. I have no idea if the Feds have adopted California's standards, I imagine they haven't.