Yes. New light vehicles average fuel consumption 2008:
US: 11 l/100km,
UK: 7 l/100km
UK is pretty representative of Europe. (Also the UK improved by 20% since the 2008 figures). US and Canada are unusual in having such widespread domestic "truck" ownership.
Likely the difference can be explained away somewhat by the difference in testing. The EPA testing is much more stringent, the same exact configuration showing much better mileage in European testing than US testing. The difference between US and Japan are even worse. The rest of the difference is simply vehicle preference, the US having more sales in the truck category.
US: 11 l/100km, UK: 7 l/100km
UK is pretty representative of Europe. (Also the UK improved by 20% since the 2008 figures). US and Canada are unusual in having such widespread domestic "truck" ownership.
http://www.autonews.com/article/20140403/OEM05/140409928?tem...
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env01-fu...