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Article: Edmunds.com Uncovers EPA Combined Mileage "Refresh" as Consumers Begin to Cash Their Clunker.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- July 27, 2009
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- As if Cash for Clunkers wasn't complicated enough, Edmunds.com has learned that the qualifications are a moving target. The EPA confirmed with Edmunds.com that last Friday the agency "refreshed" its combined mileage ratings for older vehicles and that the new data often gives potential trade-ins a higher mileage rating.
Edmunds.com learned of these changes over the weekend from consumers who had checked that their trade's mileage rating qualified for the program up until Thursday. When shopping for a new vehicle for new vehicle over the weekend, they learned they no longer qualified.
"It's unfortunate that consumers who had been ...