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Originally Posted by Robert
I am going to make a bold claim: most people don't care for the environment until 1) it hurts their pocket book, 2) acid rain comes down in their backyard. If they do we wouldn't need luxury or gas guzzler tax, or mandatory emission standards.
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I would tend to agree, but lets add one more:
3) most people dont care what powers their car as long as performs.
You ask 100 random people what they car about more: acid rain or a four cylinder engine, honestly, who's going to say the engine?
Therefore, this engine switchover, by and large, will effect most people like a grapefruit shortage effects a shoe shiner: simply 100% irrelevance and total ambivolence. Sales will continue to be good for BMW, and most people will continue to love their entry level BMW's (in the US) just as they always have.