At the very least VW has done something interesting.

Al

Things would change over night if the sales tax on
cars and light trucks was equal to two million dollars divided by
the square of the EPA average MPG. A 25 MPG car would
pay $3,200 sales tax. A 15 MPG car would pay $8,888.89 sales tax.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
------------

Interesting concept.  Although I thought that when the price of gas went
from $1.50/gal to $3.50/gal things would change quickly, but I guess I was
wrong.  I want something that gets at least 50 mpg taking me to my airplane,
so I can spend the savings on fuel for the plane:-).
(There, I mentioned 'airplane'; so we are back on topic.)

Al

Somehow Al I knew that would appeal to you being into what you are :)

What I find ironic is the EPA gives the motor cycle a pass
on crash protection while if you add two wheels you must carry around
10,000 pounds of sheet metal steel structure to protect you from a crash.

Its all politics. The motor cycle lobby is powerful enough to over come
this ridiculous crash safety nonsense. It would be easy to build
a light weight, high mileage car with low cost material if you did not have
survive a head on crash into a brick wall at 30 MPH.

I say do away with the crash protection and let Darwinian evolution take its course.
Another method of keeping down the population. Survival of the fittest to drive :)

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

The Rotary Engine NewsLetter. Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. http://www.rotaryeng.net
Copyright 1998-2006 All world wide rights reserved.