racingandfishing
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It looks like the Automatics get 18 mpg combined and no guzzler tax. The manuals get 17 mpg combined and have the tax. Am I not seeing that correctly?So here is my theory, My guess is it was a bump in the EPA standards from one year to another. Looking up those units that you sent over that were invoiced before 12-31-20, it does not show a gas guzzler tax. The ones that are reflecting a gas guzzler tax were invoiced in January of 21. So my guess is that there is a gradual step up in the standards that bumped up for the 2021 invoicing year and that is what happened there.
I can't see any other rhyme or reason as to why otherwise. The gas guzzler tax is set by the EPA which is a federal organization.
EDIT - I was looking at the EPA estimates in the top right corner of the window stickers and both manuals show a guzzler tax, but Ford only added it to the cost of one of them. Some of the first PP2 cars didn't charge for the Recaro's and it was a mistake by Ford. Maybe the same here or, to your point, the invoice date.
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