Wednesday, April 08, 2009

"Answer Me This:"


Interesting Keynote Speech by Stefan Jacoby, Volkswagen of America President & President of Auto Alliance. He says he and the organization supports regulations mandating fuel economy and, befitting his European background, perhaps more government influence on owners of cars to get rid of them for more efficient models, as is done in Germany. But one of the first things he said was "(the) free market works."


How do you have a free market with restrictive regulations that mandate building cars that people in the real world don't want?


He set the themes for the show--fuel economy, alternative fuels and sustainable mobility. I suspect that performance, if it is mentioned at all, will be very much in the background.
More later.

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