EU EMISSIONS CAP WILL HIT LUXURY CARS HARD, EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS ADMIT
January 1st, 2008
BY ALAN OSBORN
A scheme proposed by the European Commission to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars by a fifth by 2012 will hit hard at luxury vehicles made by the German firms Porsche and Mercedes Benz and the Japanese companies Mazda and Subaru, Commission officials have confirmed. The final version of the plan published just before Christmas calls for a cut in average emissions to 130 grams per kilometre (g/km) by 2012 with fines for every gram a company's average exceeds the limit across the range. Although the impact on heavier vehicles is less ...
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