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Livingstone tells Porsche to drop CC challenge
By Yoann Besnard on 19 March 2008 | 
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone has told Porsche to stop challenging the new Congestion Charge scheme.
Last week, the German carmaker announced it would make formal application for judicial review to challenge the new congestion charge scheme which unpleased the London mayor. Porsche had conducted a survey in last February showing that 74% of Londoners believed the congestion charge was unfair.
This week Livingstone unveiled a new survey that unsurprisingly showed that almost two-thirds of Londoners backed the scheme. "Luxury car manufacturers such as Porsche should take the hint and put their energy into reducing the carbon emissions of their cars instead of pursuing pointless legal action against this ground-breaking policy," he said.
Porsche confirmed it will press ahead with its legal challenge.