Europe may ban "sports car"

[porscheracer]

Originally Posted by SigmaPi

It appears our "allies" across the pond have a disdain for anything fast, sleek or just things they just can't afford. The proposed law would ban the sale or manufacture of any vehicle that is able to achieve speeds over 101 MPH. All in the name of the environment. This is the new religion and automobiles are the devil.

Linky: Bloomberg Article

I find it amusing... Did the French proposed this law?

[986speedster]

You know they "the french" had to! What do they have to offer, renault?

[timothy]

This thread is a little old but I was bored and reading an even older story about Rail26's speeding tickets issued by in-road sensors.

MNBoxster on 7-20-2006: "For one thing, what's next? Legislation which prohibits manufacturers to produce a car which will exceed the speed limit or some arbitrary upper limit?"

Ha ha. And here we are exactly one year later. So ... you have any stock market advice?

[humara]

Originally Posted by porscheracer

I find it amusing... Did the French proposed this law?

did you not read the article?

Chris Davies, a British member of the European Parliament, is proposing one of the most-extreme measures -- a prohibition on any car that goes faster than 162 kilometers (101 miles) an hour, a speed that everything from the humble Honda Civic on up can exceed. He ridiculed fast cars as ``boys' toys.''