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Andrew --
Just to drive your point home, your Outback only qualifies as an SUV for CAFE standards if it is a 2005 (or later) model. Before the last product redesign, the Outback did not meet the light-truck standard so you are only party to Subaru's CAFE-dodging design if you bought your Outback recently. Subaru took some flak in the press from its liberal New England base on getting the Outback reclassified as an SUV for CAFE regulations. I expect that its conservative New Enlgand base just sighed about the inefficiencies of regulations that set standards instead of modifiying prices.
The 2005 model looks quite similar to my 2004 Outback. One key difference for regulatory purposes is the slightly higher suspension for the 2005. However, these modest differences matter when it comes to regulatory line drawing.
Aug 25, 2005, 5:48:00 PM
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