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MetroMPG · 12-12-2012, 08:22 PM

I have to laugh: this ad from Ford of Canada keeps popping up in this thread for me:

Note that we're still using essentially the "pre-2008" EPA equivalent formula (no 2nd layer fudge factor applied).

So that 4.0L / 100 km = 59 MPG (US).

While NRCAN freely describes its ratings as "aspirational" rather than trying to be "real world", I can't help but wonder if anyone's getting those kind of numbers!

12-12-2012, 08:22 PM	#33 (permalink)
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