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But that doesn't make sense given that it is the EPA's rating based on the tests performed by the EPA at it's own labs under non-real world conditions. Toyota has no control over the EPA numbers.
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Read this article, which is the best I have seen for helping to explain the whole controversy:
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?...=21225877&brk=1
Read the whole thing (it's long) and you will understand this issue much better....
This one is pretty good too:
http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?scid=77&did=854 [/b][/quote]
Respectfully, I don't think those articles prove your point. Those articles point out how unrealistic the EPA testing is, and suggest that the manufacturers are required to post the EPA ratings. I'v never heard of a manufacturer not posting the EPA ratings. If the EPA wants the manufacturers to post more realistic ratings, it can regulate by promulgating rules requiring manufacturers to post ratings other than the EPA ratings if those are lower, not by just allowing them to do so. Or it can change its testing methods. Neither of which the EPA has done. Not that the manufacturers are complaining, but still, I don't think the blame rests squarely on the manufacturers' shoulders.