Nick drives a white foreign car that gets good gas mileage. Mary drives a white foreign car as well. Mary's car must get good mileage, too.
A) faulty analogy
B) appeal to tradition
C) begging the question
D) appeal to the masses
E) genetic fallacy

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This is a faulty analogy because it assumes that all white foreign cars have good gas mileage based on a single instance or a limited sample, which is not a logically sound argument.

Nick Drives a White Foreign Car That Gets Good Gas