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By 2020 I expect to have a family and probably will need to drive a larger sedan. I doubt very much that by then I’ll be able to buy a suitable car with similar performance that gets 35mpg, even given hybrid technology.

Yeah. But you will be able to buy two sporty coupes, one for mom to drive and one for dad to drive. Take the family out for dinner, take both cars.

Both will meet 35 mpg CAFE, but family's effective mpg=17!

May sound silly, but as cars get tiny and you can no longer fit everyone in the micro-truckster comfortably, I suspect this is not going to be uncommon.

Another example of unexpected consequences of government meddling.

Feds take more control. GM sells more cars per family. Exxon sells more gas. Enviros send more thank-you donations to the dems. Everyone's happy!

CAFE doesn't care how much MPG-per-passenger a car gets. It's so damn stupid.