Ford's C-Max Hybrid, Fusion Hybrid to Get EPA Review Following Fuel Economy Complaint
12-10-12, 03:09 PM
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Ford's C-Max Hybrid, Fusion Hybrid to Get EPA Review Following Fuel Economy Complaint
Where there's smoke, there's usually fire:
http://www.dailytech.com/Fords+CMax+...ticle29376.htm
It looks like it isn't only Huyndai and BMW overstating their MPG claims:
http://www.dailytech.com/Fords+CMax+...ticle29376.htm
It looks like it isn't only Huyndai and BMW overstating their MPG claims:
Ford's C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid both show an estimated 47 mpg, but Consumer Reports recently pointed out that neither are living up to the automaker's claims. According to its testing, the C-Max Hybrid received 35/38/37 mpg for city/highway/combined. For the Fusion Hybrid, it found 35/41/39 mpg for city/highway/combined.
"Yes, the disclaimer on EPA fuel-economy labels notes that your results may differ," said Consumer Reports. "But the overall mpg for these C-Max and Fusion models is off by a whopping 10 and 8 mpg, respectively, or about 20 percent. Our overall-mpg results are usually pretty close to the EPA's combined-mpg estimate. Among current models, more than 80 percent of the vehicles we've tested are within 2 mpg."
"Yes, the disclaimer on EPA fuel-economy labels notes that your results may differ," said Consumer Reports. "But the overall mpg for these C-Max and Fusion models is off by a whopping 10 and 8 mpg, respectively, or about 20 percent. Our overall-mpg results are usually pretty close to the EPA's combined-mpg estimate. Among current models, more than 80 percent of the vehicles we've tested are within 2 mpg."
12-10-12, 03:12 PM
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Oops, seems to be a similar thread down below. Mods, please delete if you want (sorry).
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