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Originally Posted by Rodrunner
For any doubters....the 2008 vehicles subject to the gas guzzler tax are listed here http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/guzzler/index.htm in a PDF file. It clearly shows the Challenger SRT8 which has EPA ratings of 13mpg city and 18mpg highway as having a "Combined MPG" of 19.1....certainly not the average of 13 & 18, but rather it is "the rounded combined mpg value adjusted using the test procedure credit equation." I don't know WTF that means, but the SS Camaro's Combined MPG would have to be somewhere above the 22.5mpg tax threshold....therefore the NO TAXers have it!!!....not that I didn't believe you guys right from the start 
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Basically, it is an equation that accounts for the fact that bigger cars are less efficient, among other things. I think.