16.11.12

Hyundai, Kia to pay 900,000 owners for overstating mileage on window stickers

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For the past few years, Hyundai has touted itself as selling more vehicles that achieve 40 mpg on the highway than any other automaker. Today, U.S. federal regulators announced that Hyundai and Kia Motors had inflated the fuel economy ratings on 900,000 vehicles sold since 2010. The automakers will compensate owners for their extra burned fuel — and kill their incorrect ads as well.
The errors — covering 39% of the vehicles sold by the two companies since 2010 — are the largest ever uncovered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since the federal government first set fuel economy standards in 1975. The agency says the errors were unearthed after EPA officials couldn't replicate the mileages Hyundai and Kia had claimed on window stickers, which the companies will have to replace on new models sitting on dealers' lots.Read More http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/hyundai-kia-pay-900-000-owners-overstating-mileage-125024437.html
 For the past few years, Hyundai has touted itself as...And Hyundai's fuel economy ratings have played a key role in its marketing for years, ...In July, Hyundai was sued in California by consumer groups accusing the automaker of misleading customers... 

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