Erika, you've pointed up one of the huge issues with cars these days. Despite all the rhetoric regarding fuel economy and rising fuel prices, it's all going to hell in a handbasket.
We have a 1990 Subaru Legacy Wagon. It gets us approximately 35/30 MPG in real use. A 2003 model gets 21/27 MPG by the specs and real-world is often less. Look at the Honda Accord. It used to be considered a compact car. Now it's a mid-size family sedan. The size went up and the economy went in the toilet. So yes, the badgering of SUV owners is a bit displaced. People should be badgering the industry as a whole if they're actually concerned. I will say though, that while the MPG _looks_ the same, the auto industry has consistently fought to keep SUVs from having the same stricter emission requirements as cars. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: SUV's and Dead Horses > > > Not to beat to beat the dead horse here ... But I was looking up some > fairly popular cars versus a couple of SUV's ... And I think some of the > differences in gas mileage is negligible and even a couple of SUV's came > out ahead of popular cars ... > > So I think it's all pretty relative and comes down again to the fact > people really shouldn't generalize, as some SUV owners try to own the > best one for the environment while still getting the vehicle they want > and enjoy, while some car owners don't realize that an SUV does better > on the road then their car. > > Now there's no reasoning for the Lincon Navigator people other than they > have the money to waste I suppose ... But others should be given a bit > more slack since their SUV only does 1 mpg less than the popular > minivans. That's hardly something to crucify over ... But then again, > what do I know. > > Interesting stuff. Of course there's lots of great family cars in this > list that do great on mileage. > (most of this is 2002 data) > > Cadillacs > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Cadillac2003.shtml > > Lincolns > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Lincoln2002.shtml > > Mercedes > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/2001cartablef.jsp?id=18214 > > Ford Explorer Sport SUV > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18071.shtml > > A ford station wagon > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18009.shtml > > The popular Ford Mustang > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/17424.shtml > > A ford minivan > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18026.shtml > > Chevys > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Chevrolet2002.shtml > > Toyota SUV > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18131.shtml > > Another Toyota SUV > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18246.shtml > > All Toyotas > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Toyota2002.shtml > > Jeeps > http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Jeep2002.shtml > > > > Cheers, > Erika > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
