Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9 million in fines for violating fuel-efficiency requirements

[sako97]

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Mercedes-Benz is paying up for violating federal fuel-efficiency requirements set by the government. The German automaker’s U.S. division cashed out $28.9 million in fines in December for imported passenger cars from the 2007 model year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.
NHTSA said that it assessed more than $37 million in fines from a total of 6 automakers in 2008. The fines were established to make sure that automaker produce vehicles that meet basic gas mileage standards.

Volkswagen paid out a total of $4.5 million in August for light-truck violation while Porsche and Maserati each paid $1.2 million. Ferrari North America cashed out a total of $1.1 million.
NHTSA said that the Mercedes-Benz fine was the second-largest ever assessed by the organization for CAFE violations. Who held the previous record? DaimlerChrysler paid $30.3 million in fines in 2007 from the 2006 model years.
On a side note: The Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHYBRID will be launched in the North American market in September 2009.

[Source: Detroit Free Press]

 

[Merc1]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9 million in fines for violating fuel-efficiency requireme

Oh well, gotta pay to play. Nobody has or sells more 500hp and 600hp cars than Mercedes. Hell every regular "550" car has 382hp and more or less gets them in trouble with the feds when you look at the number of them sold/imported.

M

 

[cawimmer430]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9 million in fines for violating fuel-efficiency requireme

I wish I could say that some of this money will eventually trickle back to the US government and from there it will trickle down to GM when that 3rd loan installment comes so they can finance their new Equinox SUV!

Am I somehow even right?

 

[far2000]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9 million in fines for violating fuel-efficiency requireme

i wish i could say that some of this money will eventually trickle back to the us government and from there it will trickle down to gm when that 3rd loan installment comes so they can finance their new equinox suv!

Am i somehow even right? :d

:d

 

[Tarek]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9 million in fines for violating fuel-efficiency requireme

Oh well, gotta pay to play. Nobody has or sells more 500hp and 600hp cars than Mercedes. Hell every regular "550" car has 382hp and more or less gets them in trouble with the feds when you look at the number of them sold/imported.

M

Very true

I wish I could say that some of this money will eventually trickle back to the US government and from there it will trickle down to GM when that 3rd loan installment comes so they can finance their new Equinox SUV!

Am I somehow even right?

Lol

 

[Cashmere]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9 million in fines for violating fuel-efficiency requireme

BMW got away 'Clean'?

 

[ateekt]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9m in fines for fuel efficiency crimes

Nice to see... no Bmw there & I know among very next replies I'll someone yelling that Bmw does not have any supercar!

To my that dear buddy: Bmw have got some phenomenal V-8s, V-10s & V-12s in making & they're all very intelligent!

 

[Merc1]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9m in fines for fuel efficiency crimes

Nice to see... no Bmw there & I know among very next replies I'll someone yelling that Bmw does not have any supercar!

To my that dear buddy: Bmw have got some phenomenal V-8s, V-10s & V-12s in making & they're all very intelligent!

True they're great engines, but the truth here is that they don't sell anywhere near the amount of high power engines that Mercedes does, which is why they don't get the fines like MB. Has nothing to do with any fabeled BMW engineering rhetoric.

M

 

[Tarek]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9m in fines for fuel efficiency crimes

^Exactly

 

[Sunny]

Re: Mercedes-Benz pays $28.9 million in fines for violating fuel-efficiency requireme

What is funny is MB payed about 78% of the total fine. $29 million out of the $37 million NHTSA collected - that should sure do it's image some good.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/mercedes-benz-racks-up-second-highest-cafe-fines-ever.html

 

[Wolfgang]

Mercedes fuel fine drops 76%

Mercedes-Benz US division pays $6.8M in fuel efficiency fines

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government says Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc. has paid a $6.8 million fine for failing to comply with federal fuel-efficiency requirements.

Mercedes, a division of Daimler AG, paid the fines for violations dealing with imported passenger cars for the 2008 model year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration collected fines from six automakers in 2009 totalling more than $13 million.

Many manufacturers of luxury vehicles consider the fuel efficiency fines as the cost of doing business. The fines were created to ensure vehicles meet basic gas mileage standards. Mercedes paid a $28.9 million fine last year.

Copyright © 2009 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.

 

[cawimmer430]

^Great!^

This money then gets channeled to GM so they can build that new GMC SUV with a 6.0 V8 that will be exempt from the gas-guzzler tax because it's only a simple truck used by a farmer who really needs the space it offers.

 

[Wolfgang]

Hmmm..

What will the EU do with the 2.1 billion Euros (3 billion USD) penalty they are trying to extract from Daimler in 2012? Rescue Opel?

Handelsblatt article. Google Translated

 

[ZicZachZo]

I love Mercedes Benz as much as the next person but I'm also logical and think that 28 million dollars or more in fines every year are quite ridiculous. It doesn't make good business sense to keep this up and I bet we'll be seeing efforts to trim this down really soon, or to somehow offset the gas guzzling AMG cars. It's about time anyway.

 

[Wolfgang]

I love Mercedes Benz as much as the next person but I'm also logical and think that 28 million dollars or more in fines every year are quite ridiculous. It doesn't make good business sense to keep this up and I bet we'll be seeing efforts to trim this down really soon, or to somehow offset the gas guzzling AMG cars. It's about time anyway.

Looks like Daimler might agree with you....

Daimler

Daimler wants to become CO2 Champion

By Philip Deppe | Jan 13, 2010

Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche is not only confident for 2010 as regards the sales of vehicles made by Mercedes-Benz, but also as regards the issue of CO2 emissions. "We are on the way here to take a leadership position," said Zetsche at the Detroit Auto Show.

Objective: By 2012 to be below the 140 g / km CO2 limit. But this will not be achieved through special fuel-saving series or models. On the contrary, all vehicles and variants of the brand are to reach low CO2 emissions, thus ensuring lower total fleet emissions.

In addition, being counted on to reduce CO2 emissions, are vehicles with alternative powertrains, such as the recently introduced B-Class F-CELL, or the second generation smart fortwo electric drive.

Mercedes-Benz Passion Blog, Translation: Google

Daimler will CO2-Champion werden | Mercedes-Benz-Passion

 

[LaArtist]

^And voices on this forum said MB will be lagging behind when it comes to the green tech..and BMW are investing far much..and will run away with the flag..

 

[bmer]

^And voices on this forum said MB will be lagging behind when it comes to the green tech..and BMW are investing far much..and will run away with the flag..

http://www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid:549

 

[Wolfgang]

^^^^

Remember the data is for 2008, before many BlueEfficiency models etc were introduced. The present fleet average is 160 g/km, on target to reach less than 140 g/km in 2012, according to Daimler's chief of research Thomas Weber, quoted in the media.

 

[LaArtist]

^exactly..
And im not saying that they will beat them all..but they are still doing something
Contrary to what people tried to paint up here

 

[Zafiro]

Of course MB is catching up, afterall its 2 years later now. Carmakers arent exactly standing still (except for Saab) But I have had 'ED' in my car for more than two years now