"Joe" <joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On 2008-05-16, Jim Yanik <jyanik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Joe <joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>> news:slrng2pt4k.vda.joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>> On 2008-05-14, Nick Cassimatis <nickpc0spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> The US Government classifies a PT Cruiser a "Truck," so using them as
a
>>>> reference is questionable.
>>>>
>>>
>>> They do not.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> When Chrysler brought out the PT Cruiser,they designed it as a "light
>> truck" so it would not have to meet stricter passenger car standards
for
>> fuel economy.(CAFE)
>>
>> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_PT_Cruiser;
>>
>> It is a front-wheel drive 5-passenger vehicle, classified as a truck by
>> the
>> NHTSA for CAFE fuel economy calculations but as a car by most other
>> metrics. Indeed, Chrysler specifically designed the PT Cruiser to fit
the
>> NHTSA criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel
>> efficiency of the company's light truck fleet into compliance with CAFE
>> standards.[2]
>>
>
> Right. It was a conscious decision by Chrysler, not something done by
> an idiotic government panel.
>
> Chrysler used the rules to their advantage.
>
>
> --
> Joe - Linux User #449481/Ubuntu User #19733
> joe at hits - buffalo dot com
> "Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
> time..." - Danny, American History X
Which means that the US Government classifies a PT Cruiser as a "Truck."
But the convertible, which has a "trunk" rather than a "load bed" is a
"Car."
--
Nick
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