SUVs to be classed as cars
By: Drivers.com staff
Date: 2002-04-08
Sport utility vehicles are getting their free ride cut short as the Canadian government moves to reduce smog by reclassifying SUVs as cars. This will put an end to the looser emissions standards that SUVs have enjoyed by being classified as light trucks. Canada's Environment Minister said: "They have evaded the regulations that were put in place for passenger vehicles. The (smog) contribution from a new SUV will drop dramatically." Changes are also rumored for minivans. According to the story on Yahoo News, predictions are that SUVs in a few years will emit one twentieth of the pollutants of current models.
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