  Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI The majority of vehicle
shopper support increased fuel efficiency standards
Source: ConsumerFed  Comments     Threshold   a study with pre-
determined results By talikarni on 5/8/2013 2:57:30 PM , Rating:
2 Reality: The ONLY thing these Federal laws will do is
artificially drive up the price of new vehicles, and increase
the demand for older used vehicles. If they rolled back all the
Fed Regulations on just the fuel mileage requirements and
pollution controls to the level of the early 1980s, most new
vehicles could very easily drop in price around $5-10,000 which
would still jack up the manufacturer profits an additional
$10-15,000 per new vehicle sold. Anyone like me that has taken a
fairly newer vehicle, removed all the pollution controls (with
dummy or moved sensors to prevent the computer from going
crazy), those vehicles actually saw an increase in gas mileage
in the 5-20% range. 2004 Dodge Durango 4.7L with all emissions
controls removed: Before equip. removed: 1