I don’t see the insanity in this. Better mpg requires more efficient engines, lighter vehicles, and less drag.
Hmm let’s see here. Lighter materials. Materials with less friction. Turbochargers. Hybrid drive systems. What do they do to the cost of developing and producing a vehicle? Oh yeah that’s right, they raise it.
As for the one who started this thread, I’m sure you’ll never own a GM anway, so what the hell is your problem? I could post all sorts of threads about everything wrong with imports. I could carry-on about the Toyota Tundra’s wide range of problems from cracked camshafts to noisy TCCs to driveshafts that come apart, but I really don’t care. Besides some dumbass would just post “well at least it isn’t a GM,” or similar useless comment. These threads are getting pretty old.