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[–] Nougat@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

The very same thing is true with fuel economy ratings. The usefulness in such statistics is not in their specific accuracy for one vehicle, but in comparing more than one vehicle with each other (provided, of course, that the procedure for arriving at the ratings are similar enough).