Fords new Anti-Ecomodding Car

[MorphDaCivic]

Amazing that the carmakers race for speed has finally made 200 MPH accessible for the common man.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...-muscle-car-/1


Somehow this car is exempt from the gas guzzer tax... I bet there is a lobbyist behind the loophole.

I still want one of these! Even for just one weekend of driving in Nevada.

[tjts1]

What are you talking about? If you don't like it don't buy one.

[ecomodded]

Big fast and thirsty, a person could cut the rear end down install drag slicks, add fuel go to 1/4 mile track add more fuel then set the street legal record, in this car.

[rmay635703]

Hmm, 26mpg or will it reach the 30mpg its cousin achieves?

Tune it right and have a very steep OD and maybe it could be a pulse and glide champion, 80% load 1 second 60 seconds coast.

[jakobnev]

Just stick a little Kubota in the back with it's own transmission to the diff.

Then drive really slow and you have your 650hp 60mpg dream car.

(If it was red i'd even let you join my team)

[Old Tele man]

...with due respect to Hallmark Cards: "...when care(less) enough to get there before the rest..."

[Debonair]

I'm not 100% but as long as a company meets the CAFE standards with x amount of cars, they're allowed a few that doesn't meet it.

We're not too far away from a high horsepowered vehicle that gets good miles. Look at the Corvettes, over 400 horsepower and capable of 30MPG highway

[Old Tele man]

...as I vaguely recall, most Corvettes are not hit with the Gas-Guzzler Tax, while the Shelby Mustangs are...

[Old Mechanic]

Isn't CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy. One gas hog and one transit connect electric cancel each other out.

regards
Mech

[Kodak]

I'm curious how tall 6th gear is. With that engine, just feathering the throttle will probably do the trick for typical highway speeds.

Here's some CAFE stuff for anyone interested: C A F E Overview

Interesting that production volume is part of the calculation. I guess that since fewer Mustangs are sold than Fusions or Focuses, a slightly lower FE won't be too bad a penalty.

I also found it interesting that failure to reach CAFE is penalized by tenths of a mpg. That's pretty precise, since the EPA only posts figures rounded to whole numbers.