Ferrari Mailing List: Ferrari's & Porsches to be banned in Europe soon

[Alfaowner (alfaowner]

Rick:
 
Can you be serious?  "I think it is blatantly obvious that a few exotic
sports cars create more pollution than do tens-of-millions of Hondas,
Toyotas and Renaults!  They are also much more guilty than are power plants
and factories."  No, you can't be. 

Let's see - a few cars that are only driven a few hundred or at most a few
thousand miles/kilometers a year versus "tens-of-millions" of little
struggling cars that are driven an average  (in the US) of 12,000 miles a
year.  If all cars have to meet emissions regs of their respective
countries, you are still talking about an equation that is so far out of
balance it's ridiculous.  

In the first 3 months of 2007 Ferrari sold 396 cars in the US, Aston 438,
Maserati 526, Lamborghini 246, Porsche 5,588.  That's a total of 7,194.
That compares with 194,550 Hondas & total US car sales of 1,861,459.  So,
the "pollution-creating" exotics (Is Porsche really an exotic?) that
comprise 39/100ths of one percent of US sales are going to create more
pollution than will "...tens-of-millions of Hondas, Toyotas and Renaults! "
Please Rick or someone give us a scenario in which it might be even remotely
possible.

AS for the power plants & factories...

And, BTW, if anyone doesn't believe that we are experiencing global warming,
ignore the possibility & just think about the exponential increase in skin
cancers in recent years.  Could it be caused by the depleting ozone layer or
just too many exotics on the road?

Norm Sippel

Ferrari seats in my Alfa Spider