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Originally Posted by Tribesman
No, its apples to apples.
Since the matter of dispute is fuel consumption in different markets then a comparrison of a large family sedan made by a firm for the US market with a large family sedan made for the european market by the same firm it is a perfect comparrison.
Just as doing the same for an economy car made by the same firm for the two markets is a perfect comparrison
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Actually, it's more like Bramleys to Granny Smiths. Even though the cars might be roughly the same size and weight, cars in the US are certified on a different driving cycle to cars in the EU. The EU cycle is much less aggressive than the US cycle, so I'd expect that if you took a car and tested it on both cycles, the US cycle would indicate higher fuel consumption.
Still, that doesn't account for the inexcusably bad fuel efficiency of US vehicles.