Comments on: Tax Credit for $100,000 BMW Hybrid: Bizarre and Wrong

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:22:23 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:16:18 +0000

unfortunately the ugly truth is a typical vehicle carries only the driver, otherwise a bus would be the most efficient per person.

By: ex-EV1 driver

ex-EV1 driver — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:56:30 +0000

anonymous,
Actually, the BMW 7-series only gets worse fuel economy if there are few people in it. If I compare a 7-series carrying 5 people and luggage with a Smart carrying 1 person and luggage (with 2 people, there’s no room for luggage), we get the 7-series getting 100 mpg/person while the Smart only gets 38 mpg/person.
There is nothing wrong with the 7-series for the right job.
I’d much prefer we focus on fuel efficiency, not just fuel consumption, even though the math is a bit harder.
Granted a Prius or Golf TDI Diesel with 5 people and luggage gets up to 250 mpg/person and my Tesla Roadster gets infinite* mpg/person with luggage

* disregarding upstream consumption for both electricity and gasoline production.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:12:01 +0000

typical conservative attitude is exposed here: let's resist all rule changes that actually makes common sense for personal selfish reasons. have you actually read the article or do you only care about complaining? do you think a company like BMW, has contribute based on the products released to date? do you realize that this potential credit would have mean less tax contribution, hence effectively making other tax payers pay for the shortfall? Do you realize this is not about purchase vs lease? do you really believe that high income will make their decision to get the car based on $900?

have you looked at the headline lately? why are we giving incentives to purchase a gas guzzler? this only furthers our dependency on oil and threatens our national security. i can see the $900 better spend than this, thank you very much.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:33:05 +0000

The typical liberal mentality is exposed here: Let's change the rules to suit our own selfish liberal purposes.
Have you complainers actually checked the rules to qualify for the credit, or do you complainers only care about redistribution of wealth?
Do you complainers think that a company like BMW, as part of the hybrid consortium with GM and Chrysler, can contribute nothing to the state of the art for hybrid powertrains?
Do you complainers realize that this potential credit is NOT taxpayer money, it is the INCOME OWNER'S MONEY and LESS TAX OWED by the already heavily taxed?
Do you complainers realize that only purchasers/owners not lessors get the credit?
Do you complainers really believe that $900 means nothing to high income earners?

By: usbseawolf2000

usbseawolf2000 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:22:32 +0000

This is much better than Hummer tax loophole.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:50:25 +0000

"The point here is, its not OK to take something away from a minority group just because you can."

ahhhh, the good old entitlement attitude

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:35:26 +0000

The point here is, its not OK to take something away from a minority group just because you can.

By: Algis

Algis — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:36:28 +0000

I’m surprised… 900 U$D tax credit… what you can do about this? To my (sorry, wrong) point this class car should be driven exclusively either by V10 or V12 motor without any ‘hybrids’.

By: Dom

Dom — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:34:50 +0000

Dave R said "Arguing against the credit for this BMW is like arguing Tesla owners shouldn't qualify for the $7500 EV credit - I doubt many people are complaining too much about it."

Thank you!
Besides, what about the $100,000 Lexus hybrids?? I guess they shouldn't qualify either.

I do agree with one thing from the article, I don't think the government should be handing out incentives for any of this. But since they have, I think it's perfectly fair that BMW gets their 60,000 qualifying vehicles (or whatever the number is) just like everybody else got. Complaining that Toyota, Ford etc no longer qualify is rather ridiculous.