VW/Audi
This is going to hurt the bottom line a bit! So wonder how the fix will affect their fuel mileage and used car prices? LINK The Environmental Protection Agency and California issued a notice of v...
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LowRyter wrote:creeper wrote:John & Angela wrote:
However we were surprised to see the really low EPA numbers mileage numbers on the TDI's when we were looking. We were in California at the time and it seemed to me they were in the low 30's. I think real world mileage is higher for the TDI's although I don't know how much.
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VW under rates their MPGs. By a lot. My TDI says 41 highway. I get 41 around town and have gotten 51 on the highway. My wife's TDI has gotten 55 mpg and is mid forties around town. We're both rated for 41 highway and 36 city. I had a loaner gas car they did 36 city.
Ford got caught over rating 6 of their cars by A LOT, especially the Cmax and the fed came down and landed on them.
the so-called underrating is indicative of the mileage you can expect once the pollution equipment is working. Then couple that with lost performance and you'll experience the car legally.
VW didn't underrate. They cheated.
yes they cheated, but they didn't "under rate" mpg. mfg don't get to "pick and choose" mpg ratings. the mpg rating comes DIRECTLY from the epa emissions test cycle data. The analysis of the emission byproducts will give an extremely accurate measure of the fuel consumed since they use a predefined gasoline blend in the test.
