35.5 MPG! (Why not make it an even 40?)
That is higher than the EPA city estimate of 33 MPG that the Smart Car currently attains. A car that you couldn't fit a pregnant dachshund into.
It looks like they will have to trim a couple hundred pounds of wasted mass from this behemoth before we can approach CAFE certitude.
Seriously, what is the Prez thinking about with this ludicrous pronouncement of his? I will tell you one thing he is not thinking about -- and that's the recovery of of the US economy.
By commanding that fuel efficiency be raised to 35 MPG, he is telling car manufacturers to produce cars that nobody wants to buy, that will significantly raise the price of said cars even higher -- further depressing sales, and force the American people to drive cars that are less safe -- due to the fact that they will need to be made out of Styrofoam.
How does this help the auto industry and by extension the economy? It doesn't. It does just the opposite.
Thanks President Obama.
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