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Released: May 26, 2011
New gas mileage labels give more information
Source: Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post (Free Registration)
If that swanky new vehicle that has caught your fancy is a gas hog, you might want to avert your eyes starting next year, because a new federally mandated label is going to spell it out in big, bold letters. The first major revision in 30 years of gas-mileage labels on new vehicles will tell you just how much more — or less — you’ll pay for gas over the next five years if you sign on the dotted line and drive that baby home. In addition to comparing fuel costs with the overall average for new vehicles — “you save $1,850 in fuel costs over five years” — the new labels will provide lots of other information and will use technology to allow car shoppers immediate access to even more data.Read Full Article: New gas mileage labels give more information
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