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Article: Consumer Reports Finds New-Car Window Stickers Vastly Overstate Vehicle Fuel Economy Ratings; Photo Available
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 6, 2005
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YONKERS, NY, Sept. 6 /U.S. 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'source=CR1). 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)
occurred in 90 percent of the vehicles tested. The largest ...