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I know it feels that way, but the government isn't anywhere near that organized or efficient - and there is a lot of turn over with representatives. So even if parts of government (like the EPA and state emissions boards) would like to see us all in smaller cars, the rest of the government is constantly catering to lobbying giants in the automotive and big oil industries - industries that would be negatively affected if we all moved on to small cars. Profit still drives this country and will overrule everything else, including environmental issues to an extent, so their lobbying efforts will be in our favor so long as there is profit to be made.Bottom line, Gov wants everyone in a little car that makes no trouble.......What happened to the Yugo?????????????
With that said, automotive enthusiasts as a group don't have the same lobbying power as the big industries, and we can't always rely on being aligned with the big industries' profit models and their lobbying muscle. It's the groups with the least lobbying muscle that tend to get pushed around by regulations. That's why it's important to stay tuned into what SEMA is doing. They have a branch that works on legislation that everyone here should sign up to get alerts from: https://www.semasan.com/
It was that group that helped drive the reversal of a ridiculous exhaust noise law here in CA recently by getting as many people involved to speak out as possible.