| NJ5 said: HappySqurriel according to the articles I've read the criteria for this program are pretty strict, the car you give up has to do less than 18 miles per gallon (and the new one above some other amount).
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Most mid/full sized sedans on the market today are only (optimisitically) rated at 11L/km city driving, and more realistically get 12L/km or worse in real world driving conditions. Compared to sub-compacts like the Honda Fit this is awful, but a large portion of fuel economy is simply the weight of the car, and we haven't seen much of an improvement within the classes of cars when it comes to fuel economy.
When you compare this to European cars you also have to consider that Europe primarily uses Diesel fuel where you can travel much further on a single liter of fuel than you can with gasoline.
