Hi,

I tossed the spreadsheet and graph but their May 21 data release is an excel spreadsheet that shows their 'annual' accounting for $/mile for each car. I then plotted the values and it formed a curious 'curve' that starts at ~$.60/mile and increases in a slightly flattening curve until the far right edge when it takes a sharp jump upwards around ~$3.50/mile and shoots up to huge numbers ~$30+/mile for luxury vehicles.

I was thinking that maybe the shape of the curve would give a clue as to the underlying algorithm but no luck. It may be possible to do some sort of mutli-variable analysis but I'm left wondering why?

It is sort of like looking at a failed test result and trying to reconstruct the thinking that led to the wrong answers. In contrast, I can work on the "Quiet Car" initiative or analysis of my Prius data and get some payback.

The reason I even looked was in May Toyota sold every Prius in the USA while the CNW favorites are sitting unsold on the lots and their factories are shutting down. There are some facts so blatantly obvious that even CNW Marketing, who claims to offer accurate vehicle sales data, could not ignore. No I was surprised that CNW Marketing continues like the Black Knight in the Monty Python skit to hold on to their "Dust-to-Dust" report.

Bob Wilson

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