London officials respond to Porsche's lawsuit threat
Following Porshce's threat to start a legal process against the City of London for the city's upcoming increase in the congestion charge, a spokesperson for Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has issued a response, calling Porsche's action a "double attack on Londoners." The two prongs are an attack on Londoners democratic rights and an attack on clean air in the city. The statement ends with, "No one is allowed to throw their rubbish in the street and Porsche should not be allowed to impose gas guzzling polluting cars on Londoners who do not want them." Doesn't sound like the city is willing to back down in this fight. More to come, I'm sure.
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[Source: Transport for London]
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Karl-Uwe Strunzen 10:28PM (2/20/2008)
i think more than other's rubbish, other's poison would have been closer to the mark. In Europe nearly all countries have clamped down on passive smoking as of 2007, making smoking indoors or in pubs either prohibited or at least segregated.... this is more similar to someone else's poison rather than rubbish...
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BikerBill 8:22AM (2/21/2008)
I'm willing to be that a vast majority of Porsche's sales are Boxsters and basic 911s, which can reach the low 20s in fuel economy.
The congestion charge needs to be labeled for what it is, an effort to reduce the number of cars on the road.
Saying that Porsche has any significant contribution to London's air quality is something that can only be proliferated by people who don't know the real numbers of the problem.
London's real problem is gridlock, not pollution, so the "How dare you force your product on people who don't want them" argument is void.
Hey, if I gave you a Porsche product you wouldn't be too upset I'm sure.
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BikerBill 8:33AM (2/21/2008)
I'm willing to be that a vast majority of Porsche's sales are Boxsters and basic 911s, which can reach the low 20s in fuel economy.
The congestion charge needs to be labeled for what it is, an effort to reduce the number of cars on the road.
Saying that Porsche has any significant contribution to London's air quality is something that can only be proliferated by people who don't know the real numbers of the problem.
London's real problem is gridlock, not pollution, so the "How dare you force your product on people who don't want them" argument is void.
Hey, if I gave you a Porsche product you wouldn't be too upset I'm sure.
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Karl-Uwe Strunzen 9:36AM (2/21/2008)
You take the number of such vehicles you know are circulating and multiply by their pathetic emissions performance. It's not that difficult.
This may be true for other sports cars of which only a couple thousand are produced each year for the entire planet, but it's most certainly not true for Porsche.
I wouldn't have one even for free. There are umpteen trillion more intelligent ways to spend one's money in a more intelligent way than this.....
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Furion 9:39AM (2/22/2008)
I thought cayenne outsells both the boxster and 911, but I might be wrong. At least initially it outsold boxster & 911 combined. Currently the base cayenne is also the cheapest porsche available (well, maybe not in countries with emissions based car taxation).
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