Don,
If you'd like to educate yourself about 'ford being spanked by the EPA' you can read here:
linkIt's long and has lots of big words, but does provide some answers, although it doesn't make Ford out to be the evil bad guy, so you might not like it.
Also here:
link 2"The EPA says it's working to update it tests to make them more realistic.
But given Obama's decision to force cars to get an average of 54.5 mpg in less than 12 years, automakers will be even more tempted to design to the test, rather than the real world, thus adding to the consumer deception."