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I see a lot of articles comparing european cars with those in american but they never seem to address the fact that a gallon in the US is less then a gallon in europe. 35mpg in US gallons equates to only 29mpg in europe-- It would be a tough job to find a car that can't meet that on the motorway/highway.
On the whole our mpg estimates are lower because we used averaged (both highway and city driving) totals. We gave up on just using highway mpg because it's incredibly inaccurate when dealing with how a car is actually used.
An average family car such as the Ford Mondeo hits around 50mpg on the motorway/highway that's a whopping 60mpg in the states.
So stop complaining about the high price of your ridiculously cheap fuel and get a car that's fit for purpose.
