Tis the season…. for corporate bailouts
Never mind failing banks, apparently the European car industry is also getting in on the act. It wants a mere E40 billion of tax payers money to finally build greener cars now it seams they might finally be forced to lower the amount of CO2.
Having fought tooth and nail against regulation, using no doubt some very expensive lobbying, they now have the cheek to say we all need to pay them to be greener.
I suspect it's just another last-ditch ploy by again exaggerating the costs and then demanding someone else pays. As usual George Monbiot has an alternative suggestion.
Follow Greenpeace »
Comments
Well, with Lamborghini talking hybrids for some ungodly reason, I'm going to have to congratulate you guys for pulling off what the environmentalists couldn't do in the '70s- legislate the fun out of driving. I will weep for the future of the car, and hopefully buy a Mustang or Camaro within the next year or two to weather the storm.
But seriously, Lamborghini makes less than 3,000 cars a year, and Pagani, Koeingsegg and Bugatti make less than 100 per year. Leave them alone already, they aren't daily drivers, and I'd assume that their carbon footprint is less than an SUV or something. Let the people that actually enjoy driving have their fun. What's next, sending Ferrari 250 GTO's to the crusher? Where will it end?
Posted by: ferrarimanf355 | October 9, 2008 10:14 PM