Europe may ban "sports car"

[JCL12]

bye-bye porsche. oh wait, bye-bye every single car around. my 97 POS civic can easily crack 100.

[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.''

[986sport]

The gas guzzlers are the big cars and SUVs--not necessarily the sports cars.
The Boxster, for example, is extremely fuel efficient, averaging 26 mpg or so in general driving. That probably translates into low carbon emissions relative to the bigger cars. I know the Cayenne is the only Porsche polluter, and they are fixing that by making it a hybrid--along with that 4 dr sedan, probably.

I find it interesting that this politician clearly loves trees more than he does human life. He states that the fast cars have to be made heavier to withstand high-speed crashes and mentions airbags and steel-reinforced crumple zones as examples of excessive weight. So this is the same as saying that his 100mph cars would not need the excessive safety measures that are commonplace in most modern cars. Take out the air bags, the other "excessive weight" safety factors and lets build a 100mph car that protects the environment and kills the evil fossil fuel consuming human life form that is a parasite on the divine mother earth. These politicians get more loony every year. I often wonder if at night time they partake in Pagan festivals dancing around naked in the forest? I wonder how many lives have been saved by the technology developed by Porsche, BMW, Mercedes that is now found in other slower cars? And what companies are more interested in developing methods to reduce car weight than sports car manufactures?

I bet the politican loves these cars!

[Brucelee]

Pols don't love tree, they love rules, rules for you and me.

That is why they are pols, pols are paid to make rules.

Simple no?

[70Sixter]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

Pols don't love tree, they love rules, rules for you and me.
That is why they are pols, pols are paid to make rules. Simple no?

Well, the pols are elected. Mostly by people who think rules are great as long as someone else's ox is gored. Maybe Gored is the right word, Al.

[cbenitah]

Being the Swedish guy I am...

This will never pass! For example, we have a car crazy King in Sweden. He drives a 996 turbo and a 997 GT3.. If it will, then I guess The US will have a whole new line of illegal immegrants.. Porsche people from Europe