Comments on: Ford Wants Green Creds, Too http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-wants-green-creds-too/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: 68stang http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-wants-green-creds-too/comment-page-1/#comment-87203 68stang Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:15:46 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/ford-wants-green-creds-too/#comment-87203 To me its always been "Marginal fuel economy of a 6 with the lack of power of a 4" I know people who have switched from V8 to V6 SUVs and still complain about bad fuel economy. Well, no kidding. It's still a heavy vehicle, and now you have a smaller engine trying to push the thing down the road. Ford couldn't even put an IRS in the new Mustang, I'll believe these small efficient when they actually come out. Until then, I'm not holding my breath. To me its always been “Marginal fuel economy of a 6 with the lack of power of a 4″
I know people who have switched from V8 to V6 SUVs and still complain about bad fuel economy. Well, no kidding. It’s still a heavy vehicle, and now you have a smaller engine trying to push the thing down the road. Ford couldn’t even put an IRS in the new Mustang, I’ll believe these small efficient when they actually come out. Until then, I’m not holding my breath.

]]> By: Cavendel http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-wants-green-creds-too/comment-page-1/#comment-87096 Cavendel Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:15:06 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/ford-wants-green-creds-too/#comment-87096 I hear mention of using small engines with turbos to get better mileage. Outside of the diesel world, does this ever actually work in reality? "Power of a 6 with fuel efficiency of a 4" never seems to make it past the brochure. Take the Acura MDX vs RDX. I looked up some examples on TrueDelta.com. MDX received 18.0 mpg on average while the RDX got 18.8. The RDX is a smaller car (by 500 pounds) with a smaller 4 cylinder engine. That advantage nets .8 mpg. Seems like a massive con to me. I hear mention of using small engines with turbos to get better mileage. Outside of the diesel world, does this ever actually work in reality?

“Power of a 6 with fuel efficiency of a 4″ never seems to make it past the brochure. Take the Acura MDX vs RDX. I looked up some examples on TrueDelta.com. MDX received 18.0 mpg on average while the RDX got 18.8. The RDX is a smaller car (by 500 pounds) with a smaller 4 cylinder engine. That advantage nets .8 mpg.

Seems like a massive con to me.

]]> By: dwford http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-wants-green-creds-too/comment-page-1/#comment-87030 dwford Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:53:53 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/ford-wants-green-creds-too/#comment-87030 So the MKS is a good 9 months away, and the GDI engine is less than a year after that. That's a good year and a half to two years away. So the MKS is a good 9 months away, and the GDI engine is less than a year after that. That’s a good year and a half to two years away.

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