I am a Consumer Reports junkie, but somehow I missed their coverage of the Ford mileflation issue. Funny, when I said Europe was learning from us, I had meant use ecomodders / hypermilers; I didn't realize I was talking about devious car manufacturers, too! It doesn't sound like Ford went as far as the European car companies e.g. disconnecting the alternators, but I guess we will have to wait for further investigation to find out.
In the meantime, we should all just buy used Metros, Corollas and CRXs to mod and hypermile.
