[Grunthor]

This is the problem. If you want Americans to conserve, to drive cars with better fuel economy, you gotta give us something that does NOT look like it should have a pocket protector in the trunk and a pair of (taped in the middle) black, large rim glasses on the bumper.

Take you standard Jeep. It’s not a heavy vehicle. Put a hybrid engine in it, but DO NOT change the body style or the performance.

I’d buy one.

[Bogtrotter52]

“Take you(r) standard Jeep.”

Decades ago I was stationed in Minot ND. My roomie bought a Suzuki jeep that had a 2 cylinder engine and topped out at 50MPH. But it LOOKED like a jeep. this was in 72 or 73.

[longtermmemmory]

Of course a Harley Davidson gets better millage, costs the same, and you get to look cool...

[TankerKC]

This is the problem. If you want Americans to conserve, to drive cars with better fuel economy, you gotta give us something that does NOT look like it should have a pocket protector in the trunk and a pair of (taped in the middle) black, large rim glasses on the bumper.

There is a certain segment out there for whom it is not enough for a car to be fuel efficient. It must look fuel efficient. It aids in being smug.