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BMW Working To Avoid Gas Guzzler Tax
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08-18-2010, 11:34 AM | #1 | |
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BMW Working To Avoid Gas Guzzler Tax
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BMW's goal is to implement fuel efficiency improvements so that its entire lineup avoids the gas guzzler taxes (on cars failing to achieve 22.5mpg). This could happen as early as the launch of each current model's next redesign. Currently, the M3, 550i, 650i, and 750i incur a gas guzzler tax. Quote:
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08-18-2010, 02:02 PM | #3 |
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the 760Li doesn't get a gas guzzler tax?!....
on BMW's site it says TBD... so does that mean the lucky few who get them before the fuel economy is determined doesn't have to pay the tax?! |
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08-18-2010, 03:29 PM | #4 |
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08-18-2010, 03:50 PM | #5 |
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love how trucks, vans, and SUV don't get them at all. This tax is dumb...punishes a small fraction of cars out there.
yes, not for 760Li??? I buy used, so I never deal with this tax.
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08-18-2010, 04:51 PM | #6 |
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Gas Gazzler tax, who are they kidding. What, the government have extra "paid to sit down" people to clean the air. This is a joke.
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08-18-2010, 05:39 PM | #7 |
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...as if there were ever any question of the power of the farm lobby and the teamsters...
Of course, were trucks to get hit with this, it'd also likely end up being deductible on income taxes, particularly for businesses...
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08-18-2010, 06:08 PM | #8 |
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08-19-2010, 10:32 AM | #12 |
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I love how the X6 5.0i gets no GGT while the 550i GT does. So, even though these vehicles overlap heavily in functionality, the former gets no tax because its a truck. Such utter BS. People wonder why manufacturers keep making car-like trucks. Well, you can thank the stupid gov't rules. CAFE has the same stupid loophole. Pretty soon passenger cars will be extinct because trucks are simply cheaper to certify.
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08-19-2010, 06:23 PM | #13 | |
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08-19-2010, 07:41 PM | #14 |
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^+1 My 128i barely sees 22.8mpg, and I try my reduce that number all the time.
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08-20-2010, 09:47 AM | #15 |
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Thank you Jimmy Carter for the gas guzzler tax. Didn't know that did you? Just one reason why that guy was the worst president ever.
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08-20-2010, 10:03 AM | #16 |
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What the hell? Implementing a tax on inefficient cars at a time that there were gas lines was a bad thing? Plus, have you ever known of a President passing law?
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08-20-2010, 09:25 PM | #18 |
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