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CFA STUDIES FUEL EFFICIENCY IN CAR CLASSES

Consumer Federation of America's Director of Research Dr. Mark Cooper discusses a new report that demonstrates the wide variance of fuel efficiency between cars in the same vehicle class during a news conference in Washington on February 27, 2006. The CFA found that "fuel efficiency varies by at least 100 percent in most car classes." (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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