To: bmwcyle
VW offers a car, right now, that gets over 70 mpg. It’s only available in Europe. Their blue motion Jetta cannot be sold in the US because its particulate emission per gallon burned is higher than allowed. Despite, of course, that it emits fewer particles per mile than compliant cars due to its high mileage. The EPA cannot figure that out. Rules is rules. If you visit the VW UK site, the specifications for their vehicles are listed.
12 posted on
08/08/2012 5:53:19 AM PDT by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: Sgt_Schultze
The milage of old VW’s and Honda’s were great. Then they install all those complex systems to prevent emissions. They have been trying to recover from that for years.
17 posted on
08/08/2012 5:58:10 AM PDT by
bmwcyle
(Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
To: Sgt_Schultze
68 posted on
08/08/2012 8:50:27 AM PDT by
100American
(Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
To: Sgt_Schultze
emits fewer particles per mile than compliant cars due to its high mileage
that should be the measurement, not the tail pipe.
81 posted on
08/08/2012 10:46:11 AM PDT by
PeterPrinciple
( (Lord, save me from some conservatives, they don't understand history any better than liberals.))
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