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There's something like a 40 pound difference between the average American man and the average Chinese man.
So in a vehicle that seats five, there would be on average an extra 200 pounds of human sloshing around their seats while they steer one-handed with a burger in the other hand and a Big Gulp between their thighs.
It's more that they have shitty suspension, chassis rigidity, centre of mass
And making an engine bigger rather than more efficient adds a huge amount of weight
Don't misjudge Americans.
They put the Big Gulp in one of the car's 17 cupholders.
Hah! I actually removed the second comment because it got a little derisive. But I'll stand by my premise that Americans want/need bigger cars and handling was never an important thing in American car culture.