Gas-guzzler sales may be at risk from China rules - Reuters

Reuters AlertNet - Gas-guzzler sales may be at risk from China rules:

"HELSINKI, March 18 (Reuters) - Most American cars and half of European models do not meet new fuel consumption standards that China will introduce at mid-year, a European Commission official said on Friday.

But car industry officials played down any concerns that their sales in a crucial market might be at risk. 'China plans to introduce next summer tough environmental norms. Eighty percent of U.S.-made cars would not fulfil these and 50 percent of European cars,' Timo Makela, director of sustainable development and integration at the European Commission, told a seminar in Helsinki."