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For every new vehicle that gets sold in the United States, four used cars change hands. Those new cars have nice, big window stickers showing their EPA-rated gas mileage figures. Used cars? All you get is the seller mumbling something like, "Oh, yeah, it always gets, ummmmm, at least 25 miles a gallon." Until now. A neat new feature has quietly launched on FuelEconomy.gov, the Federal government site that offers gas-mileage ratings for all cars sold in the U.S. since 1984. It lets used-car sellers print out a big, tidy window sticker showing the car's EPA ratings (with all the latest...
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2011 Chevy Cruze Eco Gas Mileage: We Get 34 MPG--Which Is FineWith political uncertainty in oil-producing states, and the rising gas prices that brings, you can expect to see a lot more headlines saying "40 MPG!" We just did a quick overnight road test of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco with the six-speed manual transmission, which the EPA rates at 28 mpg city and...
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Who's Your Gas Buddy? 16 Cars With 40-MPG Gas Mileage On Sale Now
Gas prices got you all nervous? Figuring the days of cheap gas are over? Thinking about a new car with much better gas mileage? Well, just because the EPA rates a specific car at the magic 40-mpg mark doesn't mean you'll actually get 40 mpg. But the ratings are a good indicator of where cars stand...
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EPA Sticks To Its Guns, Still Considering Letter Grades For Cars
Despite criticism from the auto industry, it looks like the EPA may be sticking to its guns and planning to launch new redesigned gas-mileage stickers for new cars that feature a prominent letter grade. The letter-grade scheme was one of two alternatives introduced for public comment last August...
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House Republicans Ask Automakers Which Regulations To Kill
The U.S. Congress began its 111th session this week, and the new Republican majority in the House clearly wants to change the regulatory tenor of the U.S. government. Automakers and their trade groups were among more than 150 entities who have already received a letter from Representative Darrell...
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What Would You Do Differently If Gas Hit $5 A Gallon In 2012?
This video clip, now six months old, has been making the rounds yesterday and today. Still, it's worth pondering. What would you do if gasoline rose to $5 a gallon in two years? How would your driving, and car buying, behavior change? Two days after the BP drilling rig blowout in the Gulf of...
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Every now and then, readers write to grumble about new cars and their gas mileage. The gist is usually something like this: You wrote that the new 2011 [Make & Model] gets 40 mpg highway? Well, big whoop-de-doo. I always got at least 45 mpg in my 1992 Geo Metro, and it was a whole lot cheaper, so how can you say we're making progress? The most recent note prompted us to dig up a ranking issued last summer by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in which it listed the 10 most fuel-efficient cars it has tested since it began rating gas mileage in 1985. (Note that all numbers have been...
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The Magic Numbers In New Compact Cars: 40 MPG From 1.4 Liters
To achieve ambitious 2016 Federal fuel-economy goals, carmakers are working hard to make their engines smaller and more efficient. That's not news. But it's increasingly looking like we'll have a new target for compact cars over the next few years: a rating of 40 miles per gallon highway, from an...
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2011 Ford Mustang V-6 With 305 HP Rated At 31 MPG Highway
Ford's on a roll lately, selling more cars in the U.S. than General Motors last month. And it's vowed to achieve best-in-class fuel economy numbers for every new model it launches. So the news today that its revised 2011 Ford Mustang with the 3.7-liter V-6 engine has been rated at 19 mpg city, 31...
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Cash or Coupon for Honda Civic Hybrid Owners In Mileage Lawsuit
If you're one of the 120,000 people who own a Honda Civic Hybrid made between 2003 and 2008, you may already know about the proposed settlement to a lawsuit against Honda contending its advertising overestimated the gas mileage of your car. If you're not aware of the suit, read up quick. EPA...
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July's Most Popular Prius Posts: 2010 Reference Guide Rocks, Again
It's the very last day of July, so it's time again for us to recap the five most popular posts of the month on AllAboutPrius.com. Compared to June's most-popular list, we're back to the basics, with our posts on the the making of the "Harmony" commercial and the followup MPG advertisement falling...
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