EPA Seeks to Prohibit Race Cars

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

The risk here is that performance cars as we know them will soon be regulated and thus banned.

And no I do not think an emasculated hybrid is a performance car on par with internal combustion technology stock or modified. I think we all want to hand this hobby down to the kids right?

Do not confuse what is going on in Europe with the USA. France is almost the same size as Texas with a population of 67 million people - almost 3X that of Texas. And of those 67M almost 65M live in metropolitan areas. Air pollution is definitely a problem.

Here in the USA, we have a much greater tolerance for air pollution from cars. Plus only about 25% of the USA has access to mass transit.

And what are you worried about? AFAIK one of the Tesla electric cars can kick the crap out of any of the 1960/1970s muscle cars hands down. BTW - spare me the argument concerning exhaust noise . . . Muscle cars are all about 1/4 mile ETs.