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Old 07-26-2012, 06:46 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 2011 Nismo#91 View Post
The real world isn't what CAFE cares about. making the Z a 100mpg car won't change the average fuel economy of Nissan motors. Changing the High volume cars a few mpg would make a big difference. All this noise is just show boating to sound good.

Nissan sells like 40k Altimas a month, I think the Z sells well under 500.

I completely agree with you.

CAFE standards are what was mentioned by Nissan so I am intentionally not forgeting this point, even though I'd like too. I like the math as well: 40K vs 500 monthly sales.
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