E.P.A. Planning Closer Estimate of Car Mileage By MICHELINE MAYNARD The new testing method is meant to more accurately depict the fuel economy consumers can expect from new cars ******************************** I'm sure other publications that can be more easily accessed will carry this news Wednesday or Thursday; this is mainly an alert. Registration for the Times is free if you'd like to access it.
It is way overdue. Manufacturers have been able to inflate numbers because of the way the vehicles are tested. Hopefully the new methods will resemble real world-driving. There is actually quite alot of 'float' in many of the performance numbers that are published, horsepower, torque and mpg.
