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The EPA has "refreshed" its combined mileage ratings and the result is that some gas guzzlers that qualified as trade-ins under the new federal cash for clunkers program last week don't qualify this week.


The rules for the CARS program state that to be eligible for the $3,500 or $4,500 credit, a vehicle being traded-in under the program - which really ought to be called cash for guzzlers even if it isn't as alliterative - must be rated at 18 mpg or less in the EPA's combined city-highway mileage ratings.


But the agency updated its list late last week - we're still trying to find out why - and now some cars that had an 18 mpg rating and were eligible trade-ins are rated at 19 mpg or more and are no longer the guzzlers they once were - so sayeth the EPA.


More details are available on our sister site, Edmunds AutoObserver.

Tags: Legislation, CARS, Cash for Clunkers, Gas Guzzlers

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When a Guzzler's Not a Guzzler: EPA Changes Ratings, Tosses Some Clunkers Out was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.