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Don't worry about it, I just thought it was funny 
I've heard worse from some Americans on the subject of small, non-American cars.
First time I've heard an American admit that
And you're right, there's no shortage of space in America, so small cars have never really become the norm. And what you consider a "small car" is often considered a medium sized car over here! But for many car buyers in Europe, fuel consumption is a factor when we choose our cars and over here a car that gets about 20mpg is definately on the thirsty side, in America an SUV that gets that would be considered economical! This is why many families in Britain tend to have one small car for everyday running around (hence the term "runaround") and one larger car for family trips and such.
You mention the Geo Metro, that seems to be what Americans think of when it comes to small hatchbacks (and of course there was the awful Yugo), but that wasn't a great car, but similar-sized European hatchbacks are of better quality and more stylish. Some of them aren't brilliant but some are very good at they what they do, very cleverly designed.
I've heard worse from some Americans on the subject of small, non-American cars.astronomically high gas prices here (although it is going up):
First time I've heard an American admit that
And you're right, there's no shortage of space in America, so small cars have never really become the norm. And what you consider a "small car" is often considered a medium sized car over here! But for many car buyers in Europe, fuel consumption is a factor when we choose our cars and over here a car that gets about 20mpg is definately on the thirsty side, in America an SUV that gets that would be considered economical! This is why many families in Britain tend to have one small car for everyday running around (hence the term "runaround") and one larger car for family trips and such.You mention the Geo Metro, that seems to be what Americans think of when it comes to small hatchbacks (and of course there was the awful Yugo), but that wasn't a great car, but similar-sized European hatchbacks are of better quality and more stylish. Some of them aren't brilliant but some are very good at they what they do, very cleverly designed.