KC2IXE
Flashaholic*
That will never come to America, It is too fuel efficient and idiot BUSH and his OIL buddies will lose money. but I WANT ONE!:wave:
The cost of the mandated crash safety gear, and epa gear would easily be 2x the cost of that car. Picture - fornt seat airbags alone, with their sensor systems adds a couple of K to the price of a car. We now mandate stability control systems - by law. Catalytic converter? $400 or so, etc etc.
So yes, it has something to do with Bush - But also Clinton, Bush the Elder, Carter, Ford and all the Presidents back to the time Ralph Nader published his "Unsafe at any speed" - and the EPA and the Car safety folks - where many of the rules are just "published" and automaticlly become law