True Mileage Index

[Bru]

This is an interesting piece that shows how misleading Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations actually are. Our guys have gone through each automakers' lineup and calculated the actual average MPG as listed by the EPA's fuel economy numbers, while CAFE has adjustments and formulas that distort the actual numbers. For consumers, the listed MPG on the sticker is much more useful, and is what this list includes.

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=fuel&story=TMI&subject=fuelList

With gas mileage figures posted on the window sticker of just about every new car sold in America, it's easy to see where an individual model stands. Rating where each automaker stands, though, is trickier. The closest thing to an official ranking is the federal government's corporate average fuel economy program, established in 1975 and regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Suffice it to say the program has major implications for automakers — especially with a recent mandate that mileage standards increase over the next dozen years — but these numbers can be misleading to car shoppers.

Case in point: For 2007, CAFE rated Honda's domestic passenger-car fleet at 33.5 mpg; Honda's imported cars averaged 39.6 mpg, and its light trucks averaged 25.0 mpg. Given those figures, you'd think a typical Honda dealership would be teeming with cars with combined city/highway gas mileage in the mid-30s. You'd be wrong. Aside from the Civic Hybrid, no Honda has combined mileage (meaning a combination of city and highway mileage) of better than 31 mpg.

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[Mickey]

Honda what?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

looks like its a bunch of BS

 

[Bru]

CAFE is a bunch of BS, yes.

 

[NetChemica]

I think I decoded tcg:

IF (ford>gm)=1
.............write "that test is a load of shit and is wrong"
......else
.............write "haha, ford sucks"

 

[Dasfinc]

I think I decoded tcg:

IF (ford>gm)=1
.............write "that test is a load of shit and is wrong"
......else
.............write "haha, ford sucks"

If you wanna get technical, Chevrolets gets .1mpg better than fords collectively...?

 

[Bru]

I think I decoded tcg:

IF (ford>gm)=1
.............write "that test is a load of shit and is wrong"
......else
.............write "haha, ford sucks"

Pat yourself on the back and :gtfo2:

The chart listed is not CAFE's regulations. Those are the actual EPA ratings and how each automaker holds up. With CAFE, there are regulations that give exemptions to ethanol cars and such, which skew the results, hence why the shown numbers are a better indication of "true mileage"

Ford is doing quite a few things better than GM in the hybrid department, like doubling hybrid production in 2009. The Vue is just coming out with a two mode hybrid system while the Escape has been so since that hybrid first came out. The Escape is a bit pricey and the car isn't that great, but it's mileage numbers are undeniable.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I think I decoded tcg:

IF (ford>gm)=1
.............write "that test is a load of shit and is wrong"
......else
.............write "haha, ford sucks"

cry me a fucking river.

 

[Fish]

Ive decoded nutchemica.

If (anyone>nutchemica)=smug response that makes no sense
..........................write "go die in a fire, wards list, wards list, top 10 engines, wards list, and bla bla bla
.......else
...................write "yeah, thats why I am the master photographer and drive the best vehicle ever, ever."

 

[NetChemica]

Ive decoded nutchemica.

If (anyone>nutchemica)=smug response that makes no sense
..........................write "go die in a fire, wards list, wards list, top 10 engines, wards list, and bla bla bla
.......else
...................write "yeah, thats why I am the master photographer and drive the best vehicle ever, ever."

 

[Fish]