Posted on 12/06/2012 11:45:16 AM PST by Olog-hai
Environmental campaigners have taken aim at famous German car brands like Porsche, Audi and BMW, criticizing their high CO2 emissions as well as Germany’s tax system they say promotes petrol-guzzling vehicles. …
“Germany has the most absurd policy in the world of making incentives for polluting cars,” said Patrick Huth from pressure group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (German Environmental Aid or DUH). …
The DUH group has calculated that the tax regime on cars owned by individuals is also one of the least strict in terms of carbon emissions in Europe. And Huth criticized Germany's famously speed limit-free motorways, “the only case in the industrialized world“ as an “incentive to buy souped-up vehicles.” …
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I love that show!
In the first seven months of 2012, the average horsepower of the engines of new cars sold in Germany stood at 138 hp, up from a previous record of 135 hp seen in 2011 and 130 hp in 2010.
Some how, that just don't sound right. I wonder how the average HP of America's new car sales compares?
The Euros buy a lot of diesels which are not so big on hp but LARGE on torque. Germany about half.
http://www.thedieseldriver.com/2012/01/2011-diesel-sales-repor-market-share-in-germany-hit-49/
I knew that diesel passenger cars were more popular there than over here, but I didn’t know how big their sales were.
In fact modern Euro diesels outperform gas engines in hp as well. And they are “greener” than Prius too.
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