T
here's no single topic in
the automotive world that
gets talked about more
often, costs vehicle manufactur-
ers untold millions in research
and spawns more aftermarket
products touting improvements
than fuel economy.
When we start shopping for
a new vehicle, we immediately
think about fuel economy; when
we talk to our friends and co-
workers about what we drive,
undoubtedly somewhere in the
conversation fuel economy pops
up; when vehicle manufactur-
ers hype their new vehicles, fuel
economy is a key talking point.
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Chasing the
MPG rainbow:
Getting to that
pot of gold of
improved fuel
economy takes
more than
wishful thinking
if you want to
cash in at the
end of the year.
Maximizing
Fuel
Economy
BY BRUCE W. SMITH
