OT: German Auto Exemption to US CO2 Standards

[svelte]

Speaking of auto company lobbyists (in another thread), I thought it might be the time to point out the success German automakers have had at lobbying US politicians…to the point where they are exempt from US CO2 standards!

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/30/autoline-on-autoblog-with-john-mcelroy/

What a warped world we live in.

[Coronita]

ha ha….Well, it’s an exemption for “luxury” cars…Too bad most domestic makers don’t make any of those….Ha ha … Just kidding….

Hey, I’m not complaining about this one. I’m tired of seeing nice performance cars getting castrated by our governments. Put a hefty price tag on these cars, and not many people will buy them…Even more exclusive…. Ha ha..

Here’s the full article.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/02/luxury-automakers-could-get-partial-exemption-from-co-sub-2-sub/

It looks as if some manufacturers could be getting at least a partial “Get Out Of Jail Free” card for the new national greenhouse gas regulations announced by the Obama administration back in May. The EPA and NHTSA won’t issue final rules until later in the fall, but it seems as though automakers that sell fewer than 400,000 cars a year could get a break. Apparently, up to one-quarter of a qualifying automaker’s fleet would receive a four-year exemption, which would allow companies such as BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz to sell high-powered M, RS and AMG models without those sales affecting their fleet CO2 emissions numbers.

If passed, this set of proposed rules would give the automakers less of a respite than the California regs that would have exempted their entire fleets for seven years. Nonetheless, these foreign automakers would still have an advantage over a company like General Motors, which competes directly against them with some cars such as the of the Corvette ZR1 and Cadillac CTS-V

[Coronita]

ha ha….Well, it’s an exemption for “luxury” cars…Too bad most domestic makers don’t make any of those….Ha ha … Just kidding….

Hey, I’m not complaining about this one. I’m tired of seeing nice performance cars getting castrated by our governments. Put a hefty price tag on these cars, and not many people will buy them…Even more exclusive…. Ha ha..

Here’s the full article.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/02/luxury-automakers-could-get-partial-exemption-from-co-sub-2-sub/

It looks as if some manufacturers could be getting at least a partial “Get Out Of Jail Free” card for the new national greenhouse gas regulations announced by the Obama administration back in May. The EPA and NHTSA won’t issue final rules until later in the fall, but it seems as though automakers that sell fewer than 400,000 cars a year could get a break. Apparently, up to one-quarter of a qualifying automaker’s fleet would receive a four-year exemption, which would allow companies such as BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz to sell high-powered M, RS and AMG models without those sales affecting their fleet CO2 emissions numbers.

If passed, this set of proposed rules would give the automakers less of a respite than the California regs that would have exempted their entire fleets for seven years. Nonetheless, these foreign automakers would still have an advantage over a company like General Motors, which competes directly against them with some cars such as the of the Corvette ZR1 and Cadillac CTS-V

[Coronita]

ha ha….Well, it’s an exemption for “luxury” cars…Too bad most domestic makers don’t make any of those….Ha ha … Just kidding….

Hey, I’m not complaining about this one. I’m tired of seeing nice performance cars getting castrated by our governments. Put a hefty price tag on these cars, and not many people will buy them…Even more exclusive…. Ha ha..

Here’s the full article.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/02/luxury-automakers-could-get-partial-exemption-from-co-sub-2-sub/

It looks as if some manufacturers could be getting at least a partial “Get Out Of Jail Free” card for the new national greenhouse gas regulations announced by the Obama administration back in May. The EPA and NHTSA won’t issue final rules until later in the fall, but it seems as though automakers that sell fewer than 400,000 cars a year could get a break. Apparently, up to one-quarter of a qualifying automaker’s fleet would receive a four-year exemption, which would allow companies such as BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz to sell high-powered M, RS and AMG models without those sales affecting their fleet CO2 emissions numbers.

If passed, this set of proposed rules would give the automakers less of a respite than the California regs that would have exempted their entire fleets for seven years. Nonetheless, these foreign automakers would still have an advantage over a company like General Motors, which competes directly against them with some cars such as the of the Corvette ZR1 and Cadillac CTS-V

[Coronita]

ha ha….Well, it’s an exemption for “luxury” cars…Too bad most domestic makers don’t make any of those….Ha ha … Just kidding….

Hey, I’m not complaining about this one. I’m tired of seeing nice performance cars getting castrated by our governments. Put a hefty price tag on these cars, and not many people will buy them…Even more exclusive…. Ha ha..

Here’s the full article.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/02/luxury-automakers-could-get-partial-exemption-from-co-sub-2-sub/

It looks as if some manufacturers could be getting at least a partial “Get Out Of Jail Free” card for the new national greenhouse gas regulations announced by the Obama administration back in May. The EPA and NHTSA won’t issue final rules until later in the fall, but it seems as though automakers that sell fewer than 400,000 cars a year could get a break. Apparently, up to one-quarter of a qualifying automaker’s fleet would receive a four-year exemption, which would allow companies such as BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz to sell high-powered M, RS and AMG models without those sales affecting their fleet CO2 emissions numbers.

If passed, this set of proposed rules would give the automakers less of a respite than the California regs that would have exempted their entire fleets for seven years. Nonetheless, these foreign automakers would still have an advantage over a company like General Motors, which competes directly against them with some cars such as the of the Corvette ZR1 and Cadillac CTS-V

[Coronita]

ha ha….Well, it’s an exemption for “luxury” cars…Too bad most domestic makers don’t make any of those….Ha ha … Just kidding….

Hey, I’m not complaining about this one. I’m tired of seeing nice performance cars getting castrated by our governments. Put a hefty price tag on these cars, and not many people will buy them…Even more exclusive…. Ha ha..

Here’s the full article.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/02/luxury-automakers-could-get-partial-exemption-from-co-sub-2-sub/

It looks as if some manufacturers could be getting at least a partial “Get Out Of Jail Free” card for the new national greenhouse gas regulations announced by the Obama administration back in May. The EPA and NHTSA won’t issue final rules until later in the fall, but it seems as though automakers that sell fewer than 400,000 cars a year could get a break. Apparently, up to one-quarter of a qualifying automaker’s fleet would receive a four-year exemption, which would allow companies such as BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz to sell high-powered M, RS and AMG models without those sales affecting their fleet CO2 emissions numbers.

If passed, this set of proposed rules would give the automakers less of a respite than the California regs that would have exempted their entire fleets for seven years. Nonetheless, these foreign automakers would still have an advantage over a company like General Motors, which competes directly against them with some cars such as the of the Corvette ZR1 and Cadillac CTS-V

[svelte]

It would be much fairer to say a car company – ANY car company – can sell a set number of cars via the exemption.

In that way, low volume cars get the much-needed exemption yet small auto companies don’t get an unfair advantage over their larger bretheren.

The arbitrary 400,000 total sales threshhold certainly smells like pandering to me.

[svelte]

It would be much fairer to say a car company – ANY car company – can sell a set number of cars via the exemption.

In that way, low volume cars get the much-needed exemption yet small auto companies don’t get an unfair advantage over their larger bretheren.

The arbitrary 400,000 total sales threshhold certainly smells like pandering to me.

[svelte]

It would be much fairer to say a car company – ANY car company – can sell a set number of cars via the exemption.

In that way, low volume cars get the much-needed exemption yet small auto companies don’t get an unfair advantage over their larger bretheren.

The arbitrary 400,000 total sales threshhold certainly smells like pandering to me.

[svelte]

It would be much fairer to say a car company – ANY car company – can sell a set number of cars via the exemption.

In that way, low volume cars get the much-needed exemption yet small auto companies don’t get an unfair advantage over their larger bretheren.

The arbitrary 400,000 total sales threshhold certainly smells like pandering to me.

[svelte]

It would be much fairer to say a car company – ANY car company – can sell a set number of cars via the exemption.

In that way, low volume cars get the much-needed exemption yet small auto companies don’t get an unfair advantage over their larger bretheren.

The arbitrary 400,000 total sales threshhold certainly smells like pandering to me.

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