No Porsches for US after 2016?

Post #321,954 by Another Scott 2/24/10 7:57:52 AM Reply	No Porsches for US after 2016? http://www.thetrutha...porsche-take-two/ When we reported a few days ago that Porsche would have serious trouble complying with the upcoming CAFE rules, and that the existence of Porsches on American roads may be in danger after 2016, the majority of the commentariat exploded: ÂUnbelievable!Â [...] New Porsches are for people who have lots of cash. Let them pay the tax. Cheers, Scott.
Post #321,956 by boxley 2/24/10 8:44:57 AM Reply	sure its just a tax? if so collect it If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
Post #321,957 by beepster 2/24/10 8:45:43 AM Reply	Fast approaching Red Barchetta days I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #321,963 by Another Scott 2/24/10 9:34:59 AM Reply	The Red Barchetta wasn't new. ;-)
Post #321,967 by folkert 2/24/10 11:34:00 AM Reply	It was from a better vanished time! Fire up the willing engine... responding with a roar.
Post #321,971 by Another Scott 2/24/10 12:13:35 PM Reply	Mechanical music?
Post #321,980 by folkert 2/24/10 2:06:25 PM Reply	Wind in my hair... Shifting and drifting!
Post #322,079 by drook 2/26/10 8:24:06 AM Reply	A-dren-a-line SUUUUUUUUUURGE ... -- Drew
Post #321,965 by Andrew Grygus 2/24/10 10:18:47 AM Reply	I won't miss 'em.
Post #321,990 by static 2/24/10 6:06:01 PM Reply	Coupla nits. Firstly, it's up to $37,500 per car. Depending on how close they can get to the requirement, it will likely be a lot less. Secondly, Porsche have been "singled out" because they are almost unique in the marketplace. Audi and Nissan have cars in that performance range, but that's all Porsche has! (The Cayenne is an interesting exception but not enough of one.) The next level up is Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati... which are not only more expensive, but the buyers tend to Just Pay those "luxury taxes". :-/ People looking to buy a 911 Carerra would probably to have the funds to pay such a tax. Those looking at a Boxster, unfortunately, are less likely. This is Porsche's real problem. Maybe their solution is to resurrect a 924/944-style car that is further down the performance chain, even cheaper and probably easier to get below the consumption threshold. Such cars are not entirely about their speed down a straight road. Porsche indicate they are working on the problem on a political level. The way the rules favour oversized pickup trucks is the real problem and is probably the linchpin in their discussion. Then, too, there's always the secondhand car market. :-) Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #322,116 by Mycroft_Holmes_Iv 2/26/10 11:08:27 PM Reply	Solution is simple. Resurrect the 914.
Post #322,001 by rcareaga 2/24/10 10:39:20 PM Reply	and no more Hummers! O, the humanity! The GM Hummer, that quintessential FUV, the car that told other drivers "I am a monied sociopath: get out of my fucking way" ... the Hummer will shortly hum no more, since the heathen Chinee are apparently today less gullible in the manufacturing sector than the Nips were twenty years ago in the "real" estate market. http://news.yahoo.co...n_bi_ge/gm_hummer Cripes...never to drive a new Porsche again, except after paying a hefty CAFE penalty! Never to drive a new Hummer, ever! You may search the long catalogue of human suffering, my auditors, and never will you find crueler travails than these the wicked Obama Administration proposes now to inflict upon the hyper-prosperous segment of the American motoring public. weepily,
Post #322,008 by Ashton 2/25/10 3:11:39 AM Reply	There now; all Porsche need do is christen the new Affluenza model. Then the Upper-Class (that place where all the wealth got transferred-to) of our 2-class banana republic will instantly recognize that Congress Must make this patently-Murican icon available, presumably with a rebate, too. We should all applaud such a move, of course. (Recall the brand-new Silly Valley entrepreneur millionaire who rushed down from his successful IPO, bought a new Ferrari and totaled both, before the first bag of bullion reached Receiving.) Thin the herd?
Post #322,012 by boxley 2/25/10 8:40:18 AM Reply	There will always be a hummer Virginia Its rugged manly shape and sleek testosterone styling will be available on the new Hummer 6, of course parked next to a mini cooper it may be hard to see... If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
Post #322,024 by Andrew Grygus 2/25/10 10:59:48 AM Reply	Hummer be daid! The Chinese company couldn't get approval for the bid, so Hummer to shut down.
Post #322,069 by Ashton 2/26/10 4:26:19 AM Reply	First there was Riddance. And it was Good.
Post #322,073 by Meerkat 2/26/10 7:02:13 AM Reply	And upon the grave there will be dancing. Or Priuses.(Prii?) They said I was gullible ... and I believed them
Post #322,082 by Andrew Grygus 2/26/10 10:33:34 AM Reply	Hummer be da undaid. GM is currently trying to revive two bids it formerly turned down. They're considered long shots - but face it, long shots is all GM has.
Post #322,105 by Ashton 2/26/10 5:33:39 PM Reply	Needs a name change: Marauder? (buy from Mercury)
Post #322,206 by SpiceWare 3/1/10 4:41:52 PM Reply	looks like Porsche has plans Porsche says that the plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder can bolt to 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds and can travel 16 miles on battery power alone. The 3,285-pound vehicle is said to deliver an estimated 78 mpg (U.S.) according to Porsche. No one knows if all of this performance goodness will ever make its way into a production vehicle, but one can hope that at least the styling cues and maybe a toned down version of the hybrid system could make it into a production vehicle. http://www.dailytech.../article17804.htm Porsche is also readying a hybrid version of its second generation Cayenne SUV. The hybrid powertrain is said to achieve 34.5 mpg on the European cycle. http://www.dailytech.../article17517.htm

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