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The Chevy Aveo and Pontiac G3, gets 27/34 MPG.  That's better than the Kia Rio, Honda Fit, Hyundai Accent, Nissan Versa, and Toyota Corolla.


The Ford Focus gets 24/33 MPG.  That's better than the Mazda 3, Nissan Sentra, MINI Cooper, Mitsubishi Lancer, and Suzuki SX4.


The idea that domestic cars are all gas hogs is a unsupportable myth.  I'll give you credit that it's conventional wisdom, and thus not simply something you made up.   Nevertheless, people who want to paint the picture that the big three automakers only make low milage cars, tend to one-sidedly point out things like comparing Hummers and Yukons to Insights and Prius.


But none of those are what the average buys is looking for.   When you look into the average mid-size family sedan, domestics are very comparable, and in some cases better.


What is even more amusing, is that when you look at the worst MPG cars on the market, they are all foreign.

While the Suburban, Jeep Commander and Explorer, all get 14/20 MPG, the worst cars are:

Lamborghini Roadster 8/13 MPG

Aston Martin DB9 11/17 MPG

Bentley Azure 9/15 MPG

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti 9/16 MPG

Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG 13/18 MPG.


A suburban would be a step up, milage wise, from all of these.


Again, domestic cars are not as fuel inefficient as people would like to claim.  Ironically the cars complained about as being gas hogs are the ones GM is making money on.


But what makes it even more amusing is that people like Top Gun, keep mindlessly complaining that GM should make more of the cars people want... but wait, GM is the number one auto manufacturer in the world.  GM sells more than any other auto company on this planet.  Obviously, if they were not selling cars people want, they would not be outselling everyone on the planet.


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