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the mpg in the american auto industry is gimped. VW makes a passat that in Germany a buddy drove. He was getting 70+ mpg city. He wrote everything down and came back to the states to purchase the exact same car. All was well at the dealer until he told them the engine, the dealer said they couldn't do it because of the carbon footprint of it and regulations regarding carbon footprints in the U.S.
Now some may say, well yeah euro's don't care about smog but from my understanding carbon footprints(CF) are rated by how much carbon is put out per gallon, not mile(in the U.S.). Which means if you have a vehicle that get's 25mpg it'll put out less carbon because it's not going as far on a gallon.
However if you have a vehicle that gets 70+mpg then you put out a lot more carbon PER GALLON.
my .02
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