EPA Seeks to Prohibit Race Cars

[RichSchmidt]

They are outlawing the sale of any NEW fossil fueled vehicles in 2040. It isn't much different than when the banned leaded gas and made new cars have catalytic converters. or how withing the next 6 years all cars will be required to get 50mpg. They told us that we couldn't buy a new car with a 12:1 compression big block that made 450hp and burned leaded gas. We conformed,and they even went so far as to remove the leaded gas that we needed to run our existing cars on. In 5 years you will be reading on Camaro forums about how to work on your electric hybrid supplimental motor on your 4 cylinder Z/28. Somehow or another we always end up conforming to their rules. No doubt that if by 2050 someone owns a petrol burning vehicle they won't be able to find fuel for it and will be mixing concoctions in their garages to keep them running.

[Vern B]

Originally Posted by RichSchmidt

They are outlawing the sale of any NEW fossil fueled vehicles in 2040. It isn't much different than when the banned leaded gas and made new cars have catalytic converters. or how withing the next 6 years all cars will be required to get 50mpg. They told us that we couldn't buy a new car with a 12:1 compression big block that made 450hp and burned leaded gas. We conformed,and they even went so far as to remove the leaded gas that we needed to run our existing cars on. In 5 years you will be reading on Camaro forums about how to work on your electric hybrid supplimental motor on your 4 cylinder Z/28. Somehow or another we always end up conforming to their rules. No doubt that if by 2050 someone owns a petrol burning vehicle they won't be able to find fuel for it and will be mixing concoctions in their garages to keep them running.

You think they'll be making hybrid, or electrical, conversion kits for 69 COPO Camaro's, or will everything before agiven date be grandfathered?

[427TJ]

Originally Posted by RichSchmidt

They are outlawing the sale of any NEW fossil fueled vehicles in 2040. It isn't much different than when the banned leaded gas and made new cars have catalytic converters. or how withing the next 6 years all cars will be required to get 50mpg. They told us that we couldn't buy a new car with a 12:1 compression big block that made 450hp and burned leaded gas. We conformed,and they even went so far as to remove the leaded gas that we needed to run our existing cars on. In 5 years you will be reading on Camaro forums about how to work on your electric hybrid supplimental motor on your 4 cylinder Z/28. Somehow or another we always end up conforming to their rules. No doubt that if by 2050 someone owns a petrol burning vehicle they won't be able to find fuel for it and will be mixing concoctions in their garages to keep them running.

Who would have thought in 1971 that in 2017 you could buy brand-new 450-500+hp Challengers, Camaros and Mustangs that got good gas mileage on pump gas? I wouldn't be so gloomy just yet. A LOT can happen between now and 2020, 2030, 2040.

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by 427TJ

Who would have thought in 1971 that in 2017 you could buy brand-new 450-500+hp Challengers, Camaros and Mustangs that got good gas mileage on pump gas? I wouldn't be so gloomy just yet. A LOT can happen between now and 2020, 2030, 2040.

Sure - like elections!