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Originally Posted by The X Men
In the US, any car that has a combined fuel economy rating of at least 22.5 MPG is not subject to the gas guzzler tax. Even the 535i is not subject to the gas guzzler tax. Maybe BMW figures that the 520i does not really a high performance powertrain, so why give it a high performance suspension.
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OK, this is very convenient. But there is many countries that apply sales tax that makes the purchase price double at once, or horsepower tax that make the bigger engines cost too high per year, regardless of mileage. Middle class people start to look at the smaller engines, and then BMW says: you guys are too small, not enough volume bought to have this and that. I believe, this is not fair, and that is what I mean.