We took our Toyota in for an oil change yesterday and while waiting, toured the sales floor. My eyes used to water at the prices, but I have gotten used to that. What hit me was the mileage ratings on some vehicles - 14-18 MPG!!
Jesu. The 14- miler was a big truck with a V-8, so I could understand that, but the 18- was some mid-size Cadillac sedan. I couldn’t believe cars with that low mileage would still be selling these days.
It was probably one of the high perf V series caddies.
They have a twin turbo V6 with 420hp or a Supercharged V8 with 556hp, so 18mpg combined would be pretty good for that performance.
I am in Poland right now. There are midsize cars galore getting nearly 50 mpg running diesel. These are no clunky slow junkers but fast powerful cars. Something is really wrong with US auto sales.