[WesternStarSCR]

I just read some of the last couple of pages of that thread. WOW! So Ford dealer takes the owners car for a few days, and returns it to owner saying it is within spec for economy and MPG, so good luck?

And their engineers are on record saying they could have detuned it for more economy, but did not, for a better driving experience?

If you are selling, and people are buying, the hybrid version of a car that also has a non-hybrid version, why would you NOT maximize effeciency in the hybrid version?

Interesting that they (Ford) has not exactly said anything yet regarding the EPA test discrepency, witch is sort of the point, right, that started this discussion and the CR article to begin with? Just sort of deflecting for now, maybe until they can get the audit results back from the EPA first?

Maybe they would have better served to not say anything other than something like 'the EPA has decided to audit our numbers and we will comment further when the EPA testing is complete', instead of questionable PR moves of blaming drivers driving styles, and admitting that they could have detuned for better efficiency, but chose not to.

Keep us posted...