Did The EPA Blackball Hyundai By Naming Honda As The Most Fuel-Efficient Automaker?

In an industry that fights for every last sale, claiming the title for being the most fuel-efficient automaker in the country has traditionally been a huge win. Even in times like these when gas prices have eased, shoppers often compare mileages as much as horsepower, and when gas prices soar — as they inevitably will — having that message at the ready gets more tire-kickers into dealerships.

In the United States, it's a federal report that typically determines which automaker may call itself the most fuel-efficient. Yet this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency went out of its way to deny that accolade to the automaker with the highest average efficiency from vehicles it sold in the 2013 model year: Hyundai.

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MattDarringer - 12/20/2013 5:11:09 PM

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The EPA should make NO pronouncements of that kind.

IhavearedS2000 - 12/20/2013 6:47:29 PM

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EPA named Mazda not Honda as the most fuel efficient...

cidflekken - 12/21/2013 12:29:48 AM

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Agreed, S2000, that's how I read the report.

nguyenvuminh - 12/20/2013 9:18:09 PM

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009 and MattD - They probably did blackball Hyundai in favor of Honda. You guys should sue the EPA. Let us know how it turns out.

MattDarringer - 12/21/2013 11:41:56 AM

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Your solution is to swallow big government and smile?

nguyenvuminh - 12/21/2013 1:01:46 PM

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No Matt, that's why I suggest you sue the EPA and let us know how it turns out. Good luck.

85bmw745i - 12/28/2013 6:48:02 PM

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EPA is full of it. They under-rate diesels considerably, in fact, by a huge margin.