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Originally Posted by Alex
Once you have spent your whole life driving shitty 1 liter cars with 60Hp and then take on a car of the same size with a 3.0 V6 you will feel the difference.
The car performs a lot better, though it may use more gas
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good points except cars in europe with tiny engines are often much smaller and lighter than what we're accustomed to here, so their performance is actually comparable
few people in the US want such lightweight cars because the majority of the existing vehicles on the road today are big heavy cars/trucks/SUV's that in a collision would totally destroy the smaller vehicle and the occupants.
no one wants a heavier car with a small motor either because the power/weight ratio is abysmal.
so with the exception of a few odd subcompact cars, the motors tend to be larger than their european counterparts.