Its upcoming 2012 Veloster coupe weighs just 2, 584 pounds (400 pounds lighter than a Scion tC and about the same as a Mini hardtop) and will deliver 138 horsepower and get up to 40 miles per gallon with its little 1.6-liter gasoline direct-injection engine.

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First of all, we are very mindful of the fact that the rise in oil prices has caused a rise in gasoline prices, which has had a direct impact on family budgets around the country and we understand and are concerned by that.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The current challenge is not only the visible soot from wood and coal fires, or smog from poorly combusted gasoline and diesel, which affects human health in direct and obvious ways, but also invisible greenhouse gases, which do not directly affect human health but will impact our environment significantly.

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