This is new to me.

**Val** · 01-12-2008, 10:51 PM

My friend (the same friend owner of those Gols GTi posted by me here some days ago) went to Las Vegas to a tour and there, took this car at Dollar Rent a Car:

It's a Grand Caravan and on detail is his son. This kid is soooooooooo cute!

Well, and he told me via msn that the 2008 models are up to Ethanol!
Observe the nameplate indicating the use of Ethanol:

As I told ... new to me!

Kenny · 01-13-2008, 01:25 AM

Reason why it is flex-fuel is because it'll help the company meet the CAFE standards. By being flex-fuel capable, it'll get a government rating that's 67% higher than it's mpg rating. So if the car (van in this case) is capable of doing 20mpg, it gets rated as 33(.4)mpg, in which will help make up for cars (such as Viper) for not meeting the government 25mpg standard.

On a side note: (Diamler)Chrysler got slapped with a record fine by the EPA for not meeting CAFE standard for 2007.

01-12-2008, 10:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,598 My Profile	This is new to me. My friend (the same friend owner of those Gols GTi posted by me here some days ago) went to Las Vegas to a tour and there, took this car at Dollar Rent a Car: It's a Grand Caravan and on detail is his son. This kid is soooooooooo cute! Well, and he told me via msn that the 2008 models are up to Ethanol! Observe the nameplate indicating the use of Ethanol: As I told ... new to me!

01-13-2008, 01:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kenny Hardly here..... ever. Join Date: May 2000 Location: TN Posts: 131 My Profile	Reason why it is flex-fuel is because it'll help the company meet the CAFE standards. By being flex-fuel capable, it'll get a government rating that's 67% higher than it's mpg rating. So if the car (van in this case) is capable of doing 20mpg, it gets rated as 33(.4)mpg, in which will help make up for cars (such as Viper) for not meeting the government 25mpg standard. On a side note: (Diamler)Chrysler got slapped with a record fine by the EPA for not meeting CAFE standard for 2007. Last edited by Kenny : 01-13-2008 at 01:25 AM.

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