Maybe I'm utterly dense, as I'm not really a "car guy" but in late 1999 when we bought our 2000 Windstar (an utter POS, hated it all these last 10 years), it was rated at about 21 MPG highway.
10 years later, the vehicles I'm looking at get about 23 MPG. That's insane. That's not progress, that's regress.
I don't actually know the difference between a tangerine and a tangelo. Will Google that next.http://www.edmunds.com/advice/fueleconomy/articles/119812/article.htmlExplained: 2008 EPA Fuel Economy Ratings
Lower gas mileage numbers don't mean thirstier carsBy Dan Edmunds, Director of Vehicle Testing
Date Posted 03-07-2007
Starting with 2008 models (which went on sale as early as January 2, 2007), the methodology for measuring and reporting fuel economy has been reworked to make published miles-per-gallon (mpg) ratings more accurate.
The EPA-specified testing and reporting method has not been updated since 1985. Since then, a lot has changed.
Hybrids take the biggest hitTaken together, the higher speeds, use of air-conditioning, hot and cold temperatures and more aggressive acceleration and braking will bring 2008 ratings down. According to the EPA,
city ratings will drop about 12 percent, with
some losing as much as 30 percent. Highway ratings should fall an average of 8 percent, but could drop by
up to 25 percent.
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