will these stooopid asses pass a law against SNOW too???ping?
Canada is so, so, ... European.
Hey! If they can manage to make a car that can fit seven people I would consider it. Wait! Wasn't that called a station wagon? If we look at the title for my SUV it says SW. Guess I already have one.
I can't wait for Canada to break up into several pieces with the western provinces to join the US.
(Could happen.)
Ride you thumb? When wil government learn to leave people alone. If you wnt a large car pay for it, don't make me have to but a small car.
quote " the use of vans, pickup trucks and SUVs as everyday vehicles will become a thing of the past"
LOL no they wont, not as long as people still have children. The libs dont have a clue why most people drive SUV's with all the crap parents have to cart around these days for the children, there is no other option than to drive a SUV or van. By the time you fill up the back seat with car seats, and the truck with all the other misc stuff your lucky if you can even get by with a regular sized SUV!
Of course liberals don't realize this because their too busy slaughtering all their children!
If you read til the end of the article it's clear this whole change is taking place because of Kyoto. You can see how draconian the measures will have to be to accomplish the Kyoto goals. I didn't see any mention in the growth of numbers of vehicles. They assume a static amount I believe.
Also, once they start in on the long haul trucking fleets, they'll have oversized picup trucks doing the job of 18 wheelers.
I especially like the part where they say the suburbs will die out and urban living will return AND PEOPLE WILL LIKE IT!
That's OK. All the people who live out in the tall and uncut will have to become self sufficiant, since you can't get a month's worth of town food in a two seater, and start subsistance farming. Since they are the farmers, the food they grow for the urbanites will dwindle away. The City dwellers, who are so proud of there little cars that can't actually survive a long road trip will linger for a while, until the cannibalism starts...
Sounds great if you live in a city. I sympathize with my counterparts in the countryside, though. Wintertime, six inches of new powder, and the plows ain't comin' until Tuesday. Gimme an SUV or a great honkin' pickup with knobbly tires, thanks, and keep your 46 mpg eggshell running on fuel-efficient slicks. I don't attend a lot of tea parties and the stock need feeding.
There is pure pie in the sky stuff. There's not a chance in heck of making these targets, by any means. And any government that tries raising gas taxes high enough to force Canadians into these miserable little fuel misers will certainly be tossed out - we might put up with a lot from our morally bankrupt socialist federal government, but jacking up the level of gas taxes that high is not one of them. These guys must have been smoking really big bongs full of BC bud to have come up with this cockamamie scheme!
If I was looking to make an investment, I would be starting up an auto parts store in Canada. I got a feeling there are some SUV's up there that ain't ever going to die.
will these stooopid asses pass a law against SNOW too???Caca peu! Kyoto strikes suddenly without warning. Let's get that 4 billion Canadian government commitment off their backs and onto the backs of business and the taxpayer where it rightfully belongs. May God in his mercy grant me patience! Hei, we be in da big doo-doo dere jean-guy!!
...Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Canada and the Canadian Automotive Industry...
Canadian Automotive Industry?
Above is what this is really all about, every liberals wet dream. It has nothing to do with cars or mileage standards.
The 2009 model SUV's will be a huge seller, probably setting a all time record.
Good luck with that, most work trucks don't exactly fit the profile...being from an Industrial town (Campbell River, BC) I have to say that the inmates are truly running the asylum up there...glad I'm not up there anymore...