By Michael Shields, European Auto Correspondent
FRANKFURT, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Efforts to slap heavier taxes on sports utility vehicles (SUVs) could heat up Europe's autumn as the highest energy prices in decades put a spotlight on the powerful yuppiemobiles that environmentalists love to hate.
France has proposed raising taxes on some SUVs and other petrol-slurping cars while giving tax breaks for smaller and cleaner vehicles, a step now on hold after German howls that ...
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