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The average consumer is an idiot. Hell, why stop at 60 mpg. Wouldn't we all want a car that got 150 mpg (and let's say had 800hp, pulled 2 g's around the skidpad, and stickered for about $10K while we are at it too).

All this poll shows is how scientifically and economically illiterate the population in general is. People seem to think you can legislate technology, as if the automakers could build a 60mpg car today with no compromises and no price increase over current models, but choose not to.

The "public" says they want 60 mpg, but ultimately, they don't know what they want, because the car buying public is largely reactionary. If the average person attempted to design what they thought was the perfect car, the result would probably not be too far off from what happened when Homer Simpson designed a car. Let's not forget that design by focus group gave us the 2004 Malibu.