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I think SUV-lanes and extra taxes and fees for people who buy SUV's are the first place to start curbing SUV-sales.

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Before you charge more, how about changing the rules so that these folks end up paying the *same* level of taxes that you pay - for folks who buy expensive SUVs thats probably a good place to start don't you think?

One of those links on the DetroitProjects website has a article about SUVs which mentions the unfeasibly large tax-breaks some SUV owners legally get - in one case cited something like $32,000 back in year 1 from a $47,000 SUV - if thats the case, then this guy in that story bought himself a $15,000 SUV - probably not worth the $47K that he paid for it, given that Detroit makes up to $10,000 per vehicle profit on SUVs, but presumably more than $15K "after tax break price" at least.

Who knows what the tax breaks in years 2,3 etc are either - could be you end up getting paid to drive the damn thing.

Mind you, I'd guess you would have to be paid to drive it after all the Tax break funds probably get spent in putting gas into the damn thing over 5 years anyway

But making sure the tax playing field is level to start with might be a good place to start to curb excessive sales...