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Dan @ May 6th 2008 4:41PM
The definition of a weekend toy. Most of these won't see 2000 gallons through the lines in their lifetimes. And they get hit with a "gas guzzler" tax.
While a Prius that in all likelyhood will put on 150K miles and burn 4000 gallons in the process is "environmentally responsible" and not only not taxed, you get a tax credit and a HOV pass.
Love it!
John Doe @ May 6th 2008 4:52PM
Go back to school kid if that's how you compare ZR1 to the Prius.
mrx3m3 @ May 6th 2008 5:03PM
I think he was being sarcastic...
And if so, he has a point -
(all these high performance "gas guzzling" cars put together, will make negligible impact to climate warming or global oil fuel consumption, when compared to millions of supposedly efficient mainstream vehicles)
tekdemon @ May 6th 2008 5:20PM
It's still a silly comparison though, since nothing actually stops you from daily drivering a gas hog. Are we going to put mileage limits on cars now so they can avoid the gas guzzler tax? That way your Bentley Arnage will have to pay because you're getting chauffered everyday in it, but your weekender Veyron doesn't have to pay?
And anyways, his comparison was mostly just a random attack on Prius drivers. Those Prius' are people's daily drivers, so unless the ZR1 driver is walking to work on the weekdays he's still driving something else.
And why can't you be a Prius' driver on the weekdays who has a ZR1 on the weekends?
mk @ May 6th 2008 5:52PM
Do the math...
2000 units daily driven is still less than hundreds of thousands of units of Prii, or other fuel efficient tax incentivized vehicles that will burn a lot more fuel, albeit at a slower rate.
The chances of a ZR1, or a hi-powered Porsche, Ferrari, or other sporting car being daily drivers is nearly nil.
rate is not the only thing that should be taken into account, but rather factoring in frequency to find total volume.
And rationalizing a *gas-guzzler* tax on the theory that even when the car isn't running, a driver will drive something else, is a completely falacious argument. You can't justify taxation by what someone *might* do with OTHER products that are not the directly taxed object.
Personally, I think gas guzzling taxes are worthless anyway, but that is just me. It is merely worse that they are figured with no intelligence.
2000 units world wide is almost certain to keep ZR1s off the road as much as practical, while still enjoying them sparingly.
What kills me, is that there will probably a few people who will capsule these cars, and they won't see any mileage, which goes against the purpose of building and buying a car. If one would want something like that, why not just commission a rolling mock-up without a running engine, or real tires, suspension or other things.
It will be interesting to see.
glen_eigo @ May 6th 2008 6:09PM
But, the people who can afford these types of cars are:
1. not going to care about a gas guzzler tax.
2. probably paying a premium anyway just for the exclusitivity of the car.