From: croy on
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
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:09:10 -0700, croy 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?

The traditional "classes" are sub compact, compact, mid size and full
size.

Don't know where they came from, but in the industry they use letters, A
body being something like the Smart, and F being something like a Camaro.



From: Ray O on

"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?
>
> --
> croy

There are several different definitions of "class." The U.S. EPA's
categories are probably the most widely accepted, but there are also classes
determined by rental car companies, J.D. Powers, insurance companies, and
probably more.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)


From: ED on

"croy" <hate(a)spam.invalid.net> wrote in message
news:gu1f56plng652d5k1oda37q1loucdfvjvj(a)4ax.com...
> 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?
>
> --
> croy

To get an idea of the classes per car rental agencies:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hertz/743032-hertz-car-class-list.html


From: Mike on
The death trap, under powered small and midget cars, class I suppose ;)


"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?
>
> --
> croy