It applies to all cars!

[cfg83]

brucey -

Great job! Hmmm, maybe you'll get to drive a lot of cool cars (gently) as time goes by.

CarloSW2

[cfg83]

Fat Charlie -

Originally Posted by Fat Charlie

That's the new test. The old test reflected the way that nobody drove, and the results were artificially high but well short of actually trying to save gas. In a practical sense, I think the new test shows lower mpg because of ethanol.

Hmmm, that's an interesting point. I am sure that the fuel formulations must be very specific. I just don't know what those formulations are.

CarloSW2

[jakobnev]

If i've understood the EPA cycle, it has a predetermined rate of deceleration. That means that if you improve say, the aerodynamics of a car, the EPA-bot driving isn't going to let off the gas sooner, instead it is going to stay on the gas to exactly the same point, and instead apply the brakes harder than before.

In fairness, the average driver might actually make the same mistake to some extent, but certainly no hypermiler would.