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Old 04-04-2008, 01:09 PM   #23 (permalink)
Mike Tee
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The CDN FE tests were done by Mercedes-Benz too, to Transport Canada protocols, and BTW they are done on a dynamometer, not a test track. Actually, the origin of fuel "official" economy figures in the 1970s was a by-product of the emissions testing, also of course done on the dyno.
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