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Is Ford Running on Empty?
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 ... >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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Is Ford Running on Empty?
"Jeff" > wrote in message k.net... > > > customer coming back and they don't. > > Actually, American car makers know how to keep costumers coming back. > Otherwise, they wouldn't have costumers. No one who has owned a foreign car > will go back and buy American ;-) > While stationed over seas in Germany for 4 years, two Simcas, one VW bug, a Jetta, after getting out of the service I was given a Datsun 510 sedan, what a piece of **** that was. Engine could puke a headgasket faster than a Vega, and the Borg-Warner automatic made a lemon look sweet. and I had a VW transporter for awhile, nightmare on elm street fuel injection system, and leak oil worse than a Detroit two stroke. The Simca's were hot and cold, the 1500 was a nice car, but no oil pump, splasher system (this was a 72 year model) so one had to be careful , The Bagheera on the other hand I would have loved to bring back, mid engine 3 bucket seats abreast, with minor engine mods it was fast as hell and corner like a dream. http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/car...-bagheera.html For those not in the know, the Simca 1100 series was the basis for the Omni and Horizon. so I've owned a few foreign cars, worked on almost every brand, asian and european from Yugos and Hyundai's, to Jag s,Rolls, and Bentleys, I'll stick with American Iron, they last longer, and over a lifetime, need less work. Whitelightning |
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2003 Torch Red Mach 1 for sale
Wondered if you could help me out. I've got the above Mustang for sale. Has
less than 20,000 miles. I've kept it garaged, wiped down the engine after every stroll, have babied it. It's like new. I've had it listed in newspapers, online, since July with plenty hits, but with very few interested calls. What is it about the Mach's? Oh, and I've gone down to $18,000 Can you give me some advice? |
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