Re: EPA Mileage Question

Thanks MRV and LMnC! I also found this news story on NPR.org
showing graphs of the disparity, especially for "light trucks",
between CAFE standards and actual manufactured vehicles.

[url]http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7120263[/url]

larry moe 'n curly <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> What I don't understand are the new standards for SUVs and trucks.
> Instead of making them meet a single average, they have to meet
> different standards based on their size group, and this means that
> some makers of the worst gas guzzling SUVs won't have to improve the
> fuel economy of their vehicles very much, but a company like Subaru,
> which makes mostly smaller and more fuel-efficient SUVs, will have to
> improve their fuel economy a lot.[/color]

Then I would be more likely to buy a Subaru! Currently the RAV-4
gets better gas mileage and has more cargo space.