Originally Posted By: Bluestream
Everyone here is against all the CAFE [censored] but now they all hate VW...Total hipocracy!
I'm not for or against CAFE, but I think it is clearly CAFE did some good for drivers/owners.
Just look back 25 years ago, most family sedans with 2.0-2.2L 110-130 HP 4-cyl engine of 1990 had combined MPG of low 20's, now a much larger/heavier family sedans with 2.4-2.5L 170-180 HP 4-cyl engine have combined MPG of high 20's to low 30's. On highway some mid-sized sedans can achieve high 30 MPG at speed of 70-75 MPH.
At the same time produces much less harmful pollution.
No, I don't hate VW for their cars as they do have some nicer cars than other manufactures, but intentionally cheating the emission testing system, in doing so violated the laws of the land so they can lip frog competitors to sell their dirty diesel cars as a clean car.
As you know, we, Californian, pay extra 15-20 cents/gal for clean gasoline to reduce harmful pollution, then came the dirty diesel VW advertised as green car.
Everyone here is against all the CAFE [censored] but now they all hate VW...Total hipocracy!
I'm not for or against CAFE, but I think it is clearly CAFE did some good for drivers/owners.
Just look back 25 years ago, most family sedans with 2.0-2.2L 110-130 HP 4-cyl engine of 1990 had combined MPG of low 20's, now a much larger/heavier family sedans with 2.4-2.5L 170-180 HP 4-cyl engine have combined MPG of high 20's to low 30's. On highway some mid-sized sedans can achieve high 30 MPG at speed of 70-75 MPH.
At the same time produces much less harmful pollution.
No, I don't hate VW for their cars as they do have some nicer cars than other manufactures, but intentionally cheating the emission testing system, in doing so violated the laws of the land so they can lip frog competitors to sell their dirty diesel cars as a clean car.
As you know, we, Californian, pay extra 15-20 cents/gal for clean gasoline to reduce harmful pollution, then came the dirty diesel VW advertised as green car.