No, it's a $2000 deduction from your income which translates into a smaller amout of tax savings.

Their bottom line - that the driver will keep his jeep is probably due to the car he drove. To be fair, he said that he likes the size of the jeep so they should have gotten him a hybrid SUV to drive for the week - fuel savings would have been less but he *might* have decided that it was worth it and chosen to switch to a hybrid.