Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US

computermesh writes "Ford has a vehicle that gets 65MPG and will not be released in the US. Why? Because they can not afford to! 'Ford's 2009 Fiesta ECOnetic goes on sale in November. But here's the catch: Despite the car's potential to transform Ford's image and help it compete with Toyota Motor (TM) and Honda Motor (HMC) in its home market, the company will sell the little fuel sipper only in Europe. "We know it's an awesome vehicle," says Ford America President Mark Fields. "But there are business reasons why we can't sell it in the U.S." The main one: The Fiesta ECOnetic runs on diesel.'"

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Re:Does that mean it can run on BIOdiesel?

[Buran]

I don't get it either, as I said in my reply elsewhere in this thread. It's not a threat unless you're one of those me-first types, and I also don't understand why people who merely obey the law are seen as something to brush aside. I don't speed (or if I do, it is not deliberate and I slow back down to the limit) and I am passed left and right (and passing on the right is not legal) and I've seen people scream on discussion forums at anyone who dares to obey the law, as if obeying the law is something to sneer at (it's not; the rules exist for a damn good reason and no one is above it).

The most recent incident: I had an idiot in a large full-size SUV that I am doing 50 in an exit-only deceleration lane branching off a road where the limit is 60, and the upcoming exit is, due to construction, hazardous and should be navigated at 30-40mph (and in fact said idiot came an inch from my rear bumper, high-beamed (and blinded me, since he was in an SUV at night) and then swerved around me and back in front of me an inch from my FRONT bumper -- enjoy MY high beams, jackass -- and was stuck at the same red light I was at the bottom of the exit. (WTF? Dude, you have no excuse to have been doing 80 in an exit-only lane). I now call that guy Pencildick.

Seriously, why do people seem to get off on being as much of a danger as possible to others on the road?