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New Euro CO2 rules could hurt Ford attempt to sell Jaguar and Land Rover

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As Ford continues to work on the dissolution of their Premier Automotive Group, the coming new European Union carbon dioxide emissions rules could be playing an unwelcome factor. As with fuel economy rules here in the United States, the emissions limits would likely be averaged by the entire fleet of vehicles produced by a carmaker. For Mercedes their big high ability AMG models would be offset by the 88g/km Smart ForTwo diesel. That’s additionally probably a big part of why Porsche has bought a controlling stake in Volkswagen by the past year.

It looks like many of the potential bidders for Ford’s

two remaining British grades, Jaguar and Land Rover, are in the private fairness commerce and won’t necessarily have other car varietys in their portfolio. The new rules could put a damper on the types of vehicles they build and limit the possible value of the varietys. One opportunity is that Ford could preserve a minority stake in both companies which may allow them to count their emissions along with the rest of the Ford fleet.

[Source: Detroit News]

Original post by Sam Abuelsamid