Re: [comment] VWoA...WTF?

[VWMikeLVW@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/15/00 10:04:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
jason@scirocco.org writes:


> Those of you who aren't familiar with CAFE, it stands for Corporate Average 
> Fuel Economy.  It's currently at (I think) 24mpg.  This means that the 
> average fuel economy of all cars that any manufacturer sells in the USA 
> must lie under the 24mpg mark or the company will be fined heavily by the 
> EPA.
>
> For every 42mpg Neon that Chrysler sells, it can sell *two* 18mpg 
> Dakotas.  Chrysler doesn't care that it loses a few hundred bucks on the 
> Neon, cause it more than makes up for it with the thousands that it earns 
> on every Dakota.


Perhaps that's why they just recently started selling Geos as Pontiacs....to 
make up for their other Stupid Useless Vehicles.

Mike
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