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EPA has got seven "new, improved features" on updated 2008 model year fuel economy stickers
Ahhh, progress. It's not news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has changed the way they calculate a new vehicle's MPG numbers, but it wasn't until last week that we got to see how the agency's new fuel economy sticker that will now be on windows of 2008 model year cars and light trucks. The EPA lists seven " new, improved features" on the updated: fuel economy label.
- New methods used to calculate the numbers (this is the big one).
- The annual fuel cost that the car will set you back.
- A new estimated MPG range for city driving.
- Ditto for the highway.
- An MPG range for for all vehicles in the class, and how the car you're standing in front of fits in.
- A YMMV note.
- A note to hit up the dealer for a free Fuel Economy Guide or to go to www.fueleconomy.gov for more information.
[Source EPA]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Yggdrasilly 6:21PM (9/12/2007)
"Not until last week?" but I saw these stickers four weeks ago (mid-August) on the windows of the 2008 Nissans at a dealership in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
But you're right: they're very informative.
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Joseph 7:47PM (9/12/2007)
"A new estimated MPG range for city driving.
Ditto for the highway."
Does anyone know if the range was increased or decreased?
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Phil L. 8:14PM (9/12/2007)
The old stickers didn't give a range; just highway and city figures. It was up to you to figure out that "your mileage may vary".
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Joseph 12:20AM (9/13/2007)
I think
"A new estimated MPG range for city driving"
means that the amount of miles the car drives in the EPA city testing has been changed.
Or something else maybe...Sebastian Blanco, just what does this sentence mean?
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Phil L. 8:27AM (9/13/2007)
It's on the sticker. Things like:
"Expected range for most drivers 15 to 21 MPG"
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