Or how about the curb weight of the car? Higher mass means you're doing a lot more damage in an accident. People might think twice about buying an F250 for their grocery getter.

I'm fine with that as the tax basis but for penalties, this doesn't actually track with what's needed to produce deterrent at every income level

Good for them. I’m willing to let them off easy to incentivize lower cost cars in general.

I am 100% fine with them "sneaking under the radar." Own goal.