Ford Taurus 2010

[MothBalls]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Well thats easy , go to the Ford UK and Ford US websites and look at the difference in fuel consumption for the full size sedan. You can also compare the Ford economy cars for the US and Euro market and see the difference in those too.

Apples to oranges.

Apples to oranges.

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

[Prof]

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

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.