Ambergirl the new rabbit is listed at 22 city 29 highway for mpg. You can go to www.fueleconomy.gov and click on the model you are interested in. They also have a page showing the most fuel efficient in all class sizes and there is NOT ONE SINGLE US car on that list.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/best/bestworstNF.shtml

A light car does not have to be an unsafe car.
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/amorylov...-safe-car.html

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/02/light-weight-no.html
from the article:
"Sales of small cars are indeed climbing in the U.S., though far slower than in the rest of the world. The Big Three, in particular, have resisted pushing small cars. "

Could the second sentence have anything to do with the first?