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Old 07-15-2008, 02:14 PM   #25 (permalink)
Akucaen
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Re: Is The Huntsman Dead? Ford Rethinking It's Future RWD Programs

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Originally Posted by MN12Fan View Post
Jeez, first GM and now Ford? Talk about the sky falling. Is it really so hard to make a fuel efficient RWD car? My 14 year old, two-ton Thunderbird consistently gets fuel economy in the high twenties on the highway (28MPG was my all-time best) and in the high teens in the city. I've gotten about 23MPG combined on each of my past two fill ups with about 60% highway driving. Am I to believe that the limit of fuel efficiency in RWD cars was reached in the mid-'90s? What a gyp.
That 1-2MPG can be the difference in class leading and class trailing [between FWD & RWD cars.]
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