  VW Up! Concept  (Source: Autoblog Green)    (Source: Autoblog
Green) Volkswagen's tiny Up! to get a hybrid powertrain
Comments     Threshold   RE: Safety... By rcsinfo on 10/2/2007
8:09:00 PM , Rating: 2 They won't pass an efficiency law??  Now
if you want to make the point that the law is full of loopholes
such as classifying SUVs as buses, I won't disagree. But the US
government has been regulating fuel efficiency since 1975.  RE:
Safety... By mdogs444 on 10/2/2007 8:19:49 PM , Rating: 2 LOL
way too many loopholes. If you really read into it, its not
designed to stop manufacturers from producing less fuel
efficient cars. Its designed to increase the price of the car,
while the government gets a "tax" on it of $5.50 per 0.1 mpg
that it misses the cutoff.  Another reason that large motor cars
cost more - suvs, american sports cars, etc.  Its really more of
a "guideline" than a law, because it doesnt prohibit anyone from
now following it.