lem0n, this should help demonstraight how british and american cars are different.
plug your nose, and open your mouth. breath through your mouth. that's your cars.
now, with your nose still closed, put your hand over your mouth and breath. that's our cars. and our stupid emissions restrictions. you can't get good horsepower if you can't breath.
and we do have little cars, but there isn't much market for them. even my friends want to be able to throw 5, 6, or even 7 people in their cars. and most cars here are marketed to families, so you are talking suv's, minivans, large sedans. there are tons of families who have 7, 8. 9. 10 kids or more. my best friends have 9. plus, cross-country trips are a HUGE thing here. you get a truck or suv, hitch a 14,000 meter long camper to the back of it and drive from one side of america to the other.
there is a huge market for trucks here too. and we have trucks that get 25 mpg, but still, the bottom line is, americans and british have completely different needs. you probably don't see 23 trucks per day pulling trailers full of lawn equipment. you don't have a country that is 3,000 miles wide, and the other thing is that most americans could care less about horsepower. i hadn't even really thought of how much mine had until you brought it up.
and by the way, my car isn't fast for america, most minivans can outrun me if they want.
however, my car is loud for america...
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