Well I understand the new car taxes are a proposal, it doesn't mean it will get aproval from lawmakers. We shall see.
Also the CO2 emissions rules do not encourage sports car to get heavier, you guys have it wrong. It's a fleet wide average. Lighter car = less fuel consumption = less CO2, it averages out with the 2 tonne+ SUVs. It's meant to not penalize companies who build big cars too heavily.
The French have a very awkward relationship with money and wealth despite having more millionaires per capita than most countries in Europe, only Switzerland and Germany afaik have more. Not so in other countries. France is not the whole of Europe, and in reality for its size and wealth it's quite a small market for such cars.
And regarding the freedom argument...
