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Article: Consumer Reports Finds New-Car Window Stickers Vastly Overstate Vehicle Fuel Economy Ratings; Hybrid Cars Among Worst Offenders; Mpg Shortfalls Identified in 90 Percent of Vehicles Tested.
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- AScribe Business & Economics News Service
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- September 6, 2005
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Byline: Consumers Union
YONKERS, N.Y., Sept. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- New-car fuel economy tests conducted by Consumer Reports show that government figures posted on new-car window stickers can have shortfalls of up to 50 percent, according to an investigation published in the October issue of Consumer Reports magazine (http://www.ConsumerReports.org). Hybrid cars and the diesel version of one small SUV are among the worst offenders, costing consumers hundreds of dollars more in fuel per year than they were led to believe.
In a study of 303 cars and trucks, model-years 2000 to 2006, Consumer Reports found that shortfalls in miles per gallon (mpg) ...