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Originally Posted by sterlingnotes
They love it because it's the only way to get the horsepower out of those small displacement engines.
They don't have the torque so they gotta have the high rpm's to make up for it.
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Some or all of the European countries tax cars based on displacement, and the tax is progressive (4.0 is way more than twice 2.0). So the manufacturer sees that if it put a 6.0 V8 in its new coupe, it would cost the buyer a pile of Euros in displacement taxes. It doesn’t take an MBA to see that the manufacturer could bump the price up significantly without affecting the price the customer sees if you could get the same performance from a high revving 4.0 or a 3.0 w/ a turbo.
FYI: Here in WA a legislator just introduced bill to enact a similar tax. He was smacked down, but I’m sure it will be back, and you will probably see similar attempts wherever you are.