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Old 12-22-2012, 10:35 AM   #60 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by YeahPete View Post
I think Ford botched thier numbers. I read the articles. The MPG is off by 10 in this car while most others tested are off by 1-2.
Why would they botch the numbers ?

They CAN get these numbers, but that doesn't mean (most of) their customers can.

Hybrids (not just Ford's) are very susceptible to how they are driven.
Ford's engineers obviously know the inside-out of how the hybrid system works, how they can play it, and how they can get the best numbers out of it on a relatively short cycle.
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