EPA To Remove Automotive Emissions Regulations from Federal Enforcement
(justthenews.com)
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It will change a LOT. People don't realize how much cars have been shitified over the last fifteen years because of the progressive march of regressive CO2 policies.
Ford stopped making real cars (instead making "crossovers" that could be classified as SUVs for the emissions allowances).
They forced a 5k jump in engine cost for a few years by mandating a certain mix of vehicles be flex fuel.
The last five years has seen cars with decent engines get more and more expensive because the OEMs need the majority of people to buy the shitty 4 cylinder units to meet fleet standards for the production year.
They shrank and then eliminated 8 cylinder gasoline engines, except on the largest of trucks and SUVs in the highest priced packages.
6 cylinder engines were shrunk to 2.5 liter and smaller, putting multiple turbos on them to try and eek enough performance out of them to allow a net reduction in emissions.
CVTs are fake-geared so that people can't use them to their potential, instead causing "shift pauses" (to mimic standard and automatic shifting so that people back off the accelerator) at certain performance thresholds to keep emissions down.
It's because if you want an engine with displacement, you need to have something to carry. For about 7 or 8 years, the OEMs would make their vehicles larger to use the same size engine. Then the regulators got wise and closed the loophole.
There's still a bunch of V8 coupes and sedans that you can buy.
Off of the top of my head, the only two that are priced like the average person can buy them are the Camaro (v8 starting around 42k) and the Mustang (v8 starting around 55k). The rest of them are high level trims that start at 70k+.
But those are going away, too. I think by 2027 the Mustang will be v6 only and I've heard similar about the Camaro.
Otherwise, yes, you can get Lexus, BMWs, Cadillacs, and etc luxury brands with V8s if you want to pay through the nose for them. I don't spend a lot of time on the luxury brands, so I couldn't tell you if they are going to be trimmed also.