From: Mike on
Hertz classes it cars in way to make you pay more. They class many
mid-size cars as full size.

Look to NADA for the correct classes, listed as I, II, III, IIII.



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> "croy" <hate(a)spam.invalid.net> wrote in message
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>> When an ad for a certain automobile says, "best fuel economy
>> in its class", what "class" are they referring to?
>>
>> Are these classes something set up by the US Department of
>> Transportation?
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>> croy
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> To get an idea of the classes per car rental agencies:
> http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hertz/743032-hertz-car-class-list.html
>


From: Ron Peterson on
On Aug 2, 10:09 pm, croy <h...(a)spam.invalid.net> wrote:
> When an ad for a certain automobile says, "best fuel economy
> in its class", what "class" are they referring to?

> Are these classes something set up by the US Department of
> Transportation?

See http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/FEG2010.pdf

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Ron


From: Mike on
The NHTSA and the EPA both "Cass" vehicles and they are not the same. That
is about what one would expect from the government however.


"Ron Peterson" <ron(a)shell.core.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 2, 10:09 pm, croy <h...(a)spam.invalid.net> wrote:
> When an ad for a certain automobile says, "best fuel economy
> in its class", what "class" are they referring to?

> Are these classes something set up by the US Department of
> Transportation?

See http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/FEG2010.pdf

--
Ron