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Old 05-22-2009, 10:10 AM   #1
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Post New CAFE standard has 'loopholes big enough to drive an SUV through'

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Originally Posted by edmunds.com:
"a vehicle that scores an EPA combined rating of 29 miles per gallon actually contributes 39 MPG to its manufacturer's CAFE average. There are 29 car models and 36 truck models that already achieve the new standard, and about a third of the cars and half of the trucks are produced by a domestic automaker."
or as autoblog.com has it:
"Ultimately, it means that the formerly punitive mpg numbers that the government mandated can now be considered for what they really are: Meh."

*update*
jalopnik.com also has a very detailed article.


sooo...

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Last edited by diddiyo; 05-22-2009 at 11:48 AM. Reason: jalopnik article added
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