da OG muscle car era is returning VOL Buh-bye CAFE laws

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Donald Trump’s Victory Unsettles Car-Mileage Debate
A Trump adviser says there’ll be a review of the fuel-economy and emissions standards

Chevrolet Tahoes on the production line at the GM assembly plant in Arlington, Texas.
Chevrolet Tahoes on the production line at the GM assembly plant in Arlington, Texas. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS

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By Mike Spector
Updated Nov. 9, 2016 3:01 p.m. ET
In 2005, with shaky finances that would eventually lead to a government rescue, General Motors Co. tapped Donald Trump to help promote a fuel-thirsty Cadillac sports car.

Now, with Mr. Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, auto executives may see a potential easing of stringent mileage regulations that are tough on such cars.

Mr. Trump on Wednesday signaled that future fuel-economy targets developed under the Obama administration could be ripe for changes. Environmental regulators are to propose next year whether future mileage targets for auto makers should be changed, one way or the other.

“The Trump administration will complete a comprehensive review of all federal regulations. This includes a review of the fuel-economy and emissions standards to make sure they are not harming consumers or American workers,” said John Mashburn, a Trump senior policy adviser.

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“It is important to remember that this particular program was first put in place as a way to reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, not for purposes of global warming regulation,” Mr. Mashburn said, adding Mr. Trump will focus on bringing jobs and car manufacturing back to the U.S.

The president-elect’s stance adds another pillar to a promise to dismantle aspects of President Barack Obama ’s legacy, including the national health-care law. The Obama administration early on married fuel-economy rules with emissions regulations to form a national program to cut foreign-oil dependence and reduce pollution.

The current administration’s lofty fuel-economy targets, codified in 2012 with support from nearly all car companies, called for light vehicles sold in the U.S. to average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Regulators recently found auto makers are on track to achieve roughly 50.8 mpg, or about 36 mpg in real-world driving.

GM, Ford Motor Co. , Toyota Motor Corp. and other companies are seeking relief as low gasoline prices that boost sales of profitable pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles that are less fuel-efficient and pollute more than smaller cars

Mitch Bainwol, head of a Washington lobbying group for a dozen auto makers, told a congressional committee in September that standards can’t be achieved without significantly higher sales of zero-emission electric cars and other gasoline-engine alternatives that accounted for less than 3% of U.S. sales last year.

Those vehicles tend to be more expensive given their advanced technologies, also making them tougher sells.

“Right now, the proposed standards get so steep that not even all hybrids can meet them. We need to have a serious conversation about the right path forward, given low gas prices,” a spokeswoman for Mr. Bainwol’s group said Wednesday.

“The most important facts are based on customers: what they want to buy, what they can afford to buy,” said John Bozzella, head of another Washington group representing car makers. “We welcome that type of analysis.”

The Environmental Protection Agency has signaled an unwillingness to budge, and just released reports showing car companies beating emissions standards for the 2015 model year and getting record mileage. The agency didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

Fuel-economy targets haven’t been a main focus for Mr. Trump on the campaign trail. But the GOP presidential nominee did once pledge to scrap unnecessary regulations and temporarily halt those not “compelled by Congress or public safety.” Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton planned to defend the regulations and possibly toughen them.

The regulations are likely to endure in some form because of federal laws empowering agencies to craft rules aimed at cutting pollution and reducing foreign-oil dependence. The Obama administration rolled out the current tougher mileage standards only a few years after providing financial lifelines to GM and Chrysler that steered them through government-brokered restructurings.

Car companies and their suppliers are eagerly anticipating final decisions on mileage targets as they prepare to lock in designs on new models years ahead of time and make significant investments in electric vehicles.

Mr. Trump, while this year’s GOP standard-bearer, hasn’t totally aligned with the preferences of Detroit’s automotive business. The GOP nominee rankled Ford executives by ripping the Dearborn, Mich., company’s plan to move small-car production to Mexico, part of a broader swipe against the North American Free Trade Agreement, or Nafta.

Mr. Trump spotlighted the pact, sealed under President Bill Clinton in the 1990s when Mrs. Clinton was first lady, as an example of unfair trade deals. Mr. Trump’s populist appeal on the issue proved unorthodox for a Republican presidential nominee but helped propel him to the White House. Ford workers and executives pushed back, noting the move didn’t reduce U.S. jobs.
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Man gives no dambs about global warming cause he'll be dead by the time the major effects are seen. Backwards thinking smh
 
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Regulations seemed stiff enough for me. But as a business person, no one likes regulations that can hinder profits. So I can see where Trump is going with this.

Most people want something thats pretty cheap without a care in the world about the environment. The gov't is supposed to step in and be sort of the middle man
 
I still cannot believe this man is president.

Like this mother ****** is not just making opinions now, he is making decisions for us all.
 
I am the biggest fan of muscle cars ever but muscle cars werent going anywhere with the laws. High hp vehicles will still be available and made lol.

And if this was legitimately even one reason why you voted for him, I will pray for you.

I cannot believe Donald Trump will be President, holy ****.

Hillary was no picnic either but she was the lesser of two evils.
 
Dude in the other thread reported me and called me a racist towards whites for referring to Trump supporters as hicks and rednecks. Ninjahood is the perfect example that you don't have to be white to be one. This is his top priority :lol:
 
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Muscle cars never went anywhere...

Matter of fact this has been the most epic horsepower war of all times. Between the big 3.

GM ZL1/Z06
Ford 662HP GT500
Mopar 707HP Hellcat
 
Ninjahood's been one of my fav NT members from day 1, but ain't no way I'm letting son have me excited about the Elec Trump's administration for a potential muscle car era that's already here.

The greatest muscle car era is now, and president Obama is the reason that Chevrolet/Cadillac/Buick are even a part of it. We're seein the most powerful production sedang ever (charger hellhat) Now and the rise of the supercharged V6 (ford gt) Now; and everything else performance from every major brand Now.

The only thing Elect Bigot's going to do is undo auto industry progress. I can only hope the guy proves me wrong.
 
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Gm plans to produce big block engines again for regular production vehicles. But once again I'll have to see it to believe it.
 
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