Porsche has threatened legal action if the European Union enforces proposed CO2 emissions limits.
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“We would have to take legal steps,” the daily Suddeutsche Zeitung quoted a Porsche spokesman as saying, according to Agence France Press (AFP).
AFP noted that Porsche and other European automakers have criticised an EU plan that would cut average carbon dioxide emissions for new vehicles to 120g/km by 2012, from around 160g at present, but the EU Commission has stuck by its proposal and plans to present a draft bill in December.
Porsche and other automakers reportedly claim the planned regulation favours companies that make compact cars over those producing vehicles with higher emissions.
German car makers that produce a larger number of powerful cars would find it harder to hit the target than southern European competitors in Italy and France and the Porsche spokesman told Agence France Press the regulation would thus distort competition.
