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Article #369: Green Activists Get Tough on 4x4 Users

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German activists operating under the for the green cars will be limited. Their
banner of the green lobby have taken to V6 sports utility vehicle is highly
slashing tyres on high performance sought after by consumers, who obviously
vehicles in Berlin in order to 'educate' still remain to be convinced of the
the drivers of such vehicles. Each owner benefits of buying a green hybrid car.
of the 80-plus vehicles that were subject So, despite targeting the manufacturer,
to an attack in the last week of July it looks like they are not to blame as
found a hand-written note under the they are only responding to consumer
windscreen wiper detailing the dangers of demand, and the market in Germany is
carbon emissions, in particular from currently demanding high performance,
their type of preferred vehicle. high carbon emitting vehicles.
Police investigating the incidents And it's not only Porsche who are the
believe that they are the work of targets of the car terrorists; Daimler
organised groups allied to international and BMW are also accused of putting
activists in France and Belgium who performance ahead of green issues. The
prefer to smear the vehicles with manure, fact that a lobby of all three German
rather than slash the tyres. In what manufacturers have been successful in
effectively amounts to war being declared getting the EU to change their minds on
on sports and utility vehicle drivers by carbon emission targets for vehicles
self-styled environmentalists, the 4 x 4 doesn't help their cause in the eyes of
wheel vandalism highlights the the green lobby. In a co-ordinated drive,
frustration felt by the activists in the the trio have managed to effect a change
difference in the speed of progress on in the EU draft legislation resulting in
green issues between the majority of carbon emissions being categorised by
German society and the German motor vehicle size as opposed to the original
industry. While the population has absolute target for all vehicles. This
readily adopted renewable policies, the means that the future for high
car industry appears to be dragging its performance vehicles in Germany and the
heels. Porsche recently came under attack rest of the EU looks bright, despite the
from Greenpeace, being labelled a best efforts of the green lobby to effect
"climate pig" by the environmentalists change.
for concentrating on power and However, whether wholesale slashing of
performance over green issues in its 4x4 tyres will really persuade car-loving
product range. Germans to abandon their prized
However, despite recently introducing a performance assets, or make them even
hybrid engine which promises to cut more determined to not be brow-beaten by
carbon emissions by 20%, the German auto a minority of vandals remains to be seen.
giant's own research shows that demand






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