That’s what Cato’s Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren argue here (although without the Swiftian adjective).

Although many politicians are eager to raise the CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) level to 35 mpg, Taylor and Van Doren demolish all the arguments that are given in favor of the move (reducing funding for terrorists, saving the environment, giving us energy independence and so on) and conclude with the best argument of all — dictating how fuel efficient vehicles must be is simply no business of the government.