America has been living in cloud cuckoo land with fuel prices for years. In the UK fuel is roughly £1.30 a litre (that roughly equates to $8 a gallon). As the guys on top gear keep pointing out, US cars have huge inefficient engines. A 2000 cc toyota is often more powerful and has more torque than a 5000 cc Ford. It usually handles better too. This possibly explains the decline in the US car industry as demand for massive gas guzzlers is small. People these days want nippy, economical, good handling cars with decent gadgets.
