In France, diesel costs €2.3/liter, means in USD a gallon is over $10. Unleaded costs around €2.1 / liter.
I have never understood why you need V6s, V8s. I do get that the sound is amazing but not worth paying double the fuel consumption. When I lived in the US, my roommate had inherited his grandma's car, it was a V6 lol.
Honestly I can't help thinking this energy crisis is necessary and good, just like the one in the 1970s was.
EDIT: Holy shit, some comments remind me why I don’t go on Reddit much anymore. The level of haughtiness and misplaced confidence is unreal. Reddit experts are almost as bad as facebook experts. Reddit expert logic : "we have to drive longer distances so we need more powerful, less efficient V6 engines, because they are more fuel efficient than four-cylinder."