What I said was Toyota give the impression their cars are far more fuel
efficient than domestic which is not factual. CAFE is based on weighted
sales. The CAFE for the Camry looks high because eight out to ten Camrys
sold in the US have only a 4 cy engine, while most of it competitors have a
V6 as standard. equipment. GM and Ford offer more models that get 30 MPG
or more than dies Toyota. Toyota does have smaller cars that get better
mileage but their Trucks and SUVs are not better or as good as some of the
SUVs and trucks or similar size and engines and around half of the vehicles
sold in the US are trucks and SUVs. Someone recently compared GMs Cobalt to
the Corolla but the Corolla has a smaller engine. Smaller cars and truck
with smaller engines can get better mileage but many drivers do not buy for
fuel economy alone, and will not be satisfied with underpowered cars just to
get a few miles more per gallon, I suspect.


mike hunt


"Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in message
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>I think it is a far stretch to say that all of Toyota's advertising is not
>based in fact. Their advertising is no better or worse than any other car
>maker, IMO. Also, the Asian car imports, on average, have better fuel
>efficiency than the domestic's cars. The most recent data I could find was
>for model year 2004 and the domestics had an average CAFE rating of 29.3
>mpg and the Asian imports were at 30.5 mpg. Ford and GM seem to have more
>domestic content but the trend for them is going down while the Asian
>brands are increasing. My guess is they will all merge in the 75% range to
>meet the government's definition of a "domestic" vehicle. Here is a link
>to some decent information:
>http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/cafe/CAFEData.htm
>
> Mike Hunter wrote:
>> One reason is Toyota does a terrific job of adverting their vehicles as
>> being more fuel efficient, better quality and made in the US. None of
>> which is factual.
>>
>>
>> mike hint
>>
>>
>> "Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in message
>> ...
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