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Fuel Fiasco MkII: EPA To Investigate Ford's EPA Ratings

Consumer Reports’ story about two Ford hybrids falling way short of their official 47 MPG number has attracted the EPA’s attention. The agency “will look at the report and data,” it told Reuters.

Bertel Schmitt Dec 11, 2012

Fuel Fiasco Mk II: Consumer Reports Fingers Ford

If you know how to listen and who to listen to, you have heard for weeks that Hyundai is not the only one with overenthusiastic EPA ratings, and that other car companies might soon have to restate their MPG numbers. The carmaker mentioned most often in those whispers was Ford. Today, Consumer Reports magazine said that Ford’s C-Max and Fusion hybrids fall about 20 percent short of their fuel economy claims.

Bertel Schmitt Dec 06, 2012

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