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Cash for Clunkers By the Numbers

Green Car Congress

The average fuel economy of the vehicles traded in was 15.8 mpg and the average fuel economy of vehicles purchased is 24.9 Cars purchased under the program are, on average, 19% above the average fuel economy of all new cars currently available. Ford Focus FWD. Ford Escape FWD. Ford F150 Pickup 2WD.

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Ford introduces new engines on F-150

Green Cars News

The brand new Ford F-150 has been boosted by a powertrain overhaul which includes four new truck engines, all of which are linked to a six-speed automatic transmission and each delivering better fuel economy. Currently Ford’s best-seller with 50,449 units sold in July, the F-Series has been a dominant force for the company in the [.].

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Cash for clunkers: a summary

Green Cars News

The average fuel economy of the vehicles being traded in was just 15.8mpg, but the average of those being bought was 24.9mpg - that’s an improvement of 58 per cent. Indeed the cars bought under the programme are on average 19 per cent above the average fuel economy of all new cars currently available. per cent; and Ford at 14.4