The Progressive Conservative government of Steven Harper has passed a new pre-election budget to the Canadian public.

Of concern to the Dodge Challenger fans, this budget is proposing an extra gasoline tax, up to $4000, paid by consumers buying a gas guzzler. On the other hand, those consumers buying a hybrid or low-consuming car are eligible to receive up to $2000 credit.

"I am truly sorry for buying the Dodge Challenger, but it's the only car worth buying, Mr. Harper, the honourable Prime Minister."[sm=guilty.gif]

Follow the link for the full stories,

http://www.thestar.com/article/193660

http://www.thestar.com/article/193852

http://www.thestar.com/article/194067

In summary, I believe this will put a damper of the Canadian sales of the Dodge Challenger. This will dissuade the fence sitters from buying the retro-styled muscle car. Only the true hard car muscle car fanatics will buy this car and pay the extra tax. [sm=boosign.gif]

BTW, here is the Chrysler 300C mileage ratings as calculated by Transport Canada.


Vehicle: CHRYSLER - CHRYSLER 300C (MDS)
Vehicle Specifications
Class: Full size
Year: 2007
Engine: 5.7L
Cylinders: 8
Fuel: Regular
Transmission, # of gears,
overdrive: Automatic with a manual mode 5 gears with overdrive
Seating capacity: N/A
# of doors: N/A
Cargo volume: N/A
Interior volume: N/A
Drive system:


Fuel Consumption
City: City 13.9 L/100 km (20 mi./gal.)
Hwy: Hwy 8.8 L/100 km (32 mi./gal.)
Annual Fuel Cost: $2088
Annual Fuel Use: 2320 L/yr (510 gal./yr)
Annual CO2 emissions: 5568 kg/yr


Vehicle Ranking
Overall: 636 / 1032
Within Class: 28 / 54

The 13.9 L/100 km translates into a$1000 extra gasoline tax[sm=sigh.gif]


Furthermore, for anyone wanting to look up the Transport Canada website, for all vehicles sold in Canada, here is the llink.

http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transport...rch.cfm?attr=8