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Re: More info from Budman - Those with '09 SRT8 orders, read!
Originally Posted by thebigandy
Honestly,its most likely to do with the cafe standars. You all better pray that they start flodding the market with SE's.
I agree that this might be the problem. I wonder, however, how some dealers sell a huge volume of SRTs. Champion Dodge/Jeep, for example, sold 150 SRTs of all models last year.
Re: More info from Budman - Those with '09 SRT8 orders, read!
Originally Posted by shaky-2
what is CAFE STANDARS ? never heard of it befor
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) is the sales weighted average fuel economy, expressed in miles per gallon (mpg), of a manufacturer’s fleet of passenger cars or light trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 8,500 lbs. or less, manufactured for sale in the United States, for any given model year. Fuel economy is defined as the average mileage traveled by an automobile per gallon of gasoline (or equivalent amount of other fuel) consumed as measured in accordance with the testing and evaluation protocol set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Cars and light trucks are considered separately for CAFE and are held to different standards. As of early 2004, the average for cars must exceed 27.5 mpg, and the light truck average must exceed 20.7 mpg. Trucks under 8500 pounds must average 22.5 mpg in 2008, 23.1 mpg in 2009, and 23.5 mpg in 2010. After this, new rules set varying targets based on truck size "footprint."
In late 2007, CAFE standards received their first overhaul in more than 30 years. On December 19, President Bush signed a law that requires in part that automakers boost fleetwide gas mileage to 35 mpg by the year 2020. This requirement applies to all passenger automobiles, including "light trucks."
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Car: 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8
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