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Dondonel @ Feb 27th 2008 2:04AM
@chewy & nag
what are you talkin'about?
First of all in EU the companies do the testing and nobody controls them. In US companies do the testing but EPA verifies the major vehicle configurations and the figures that do not fit their models. It just happens that the number of configuration verified by EPA is 10-15% of the configuration on the market. So what's your proposal to improve EPA procedure? not testing anything?
Second, the EU tests themselves are completely outdated and of course inaccurate. I am an EU citizen and I have been a direct "beneficiary" of these tests for years. I can honestly say they are a load of crap, not representative of fuel consumption in any way. Five years ago I moved to US for work. In US have been travelling a lot (and renting cars a lot) and I have driven pretty much every sedan on the market (except the luxury segment). What I noticed was that although the fuel consumption was underestimated in EPA figures, at least it was underestimated by the same percentage across all companies. More recently, the new EPA figures are in my opinion spot on, they match my experience very well.
Take a look here and compare the testing procedures in EU and US (for US click the last tab, "Detailed Comparison"):
EU:
http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/information/fuel-consumption-testing-scheme.asp
US:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fe_test_schedules.shtml