Small CC, high power to be affected most under new tax system

peasant

ondafly wrote: »

well maybe your average "Joe & Jane" as you put it - should have purchased within their means, and not gone and copied the Jones, and bought a place outside Dublin, just because it has a garden and an extra bedroom! Perhaps Joe & Jane should have rented somewhere within the city instead ?

If the sole reason the minister did not put the road tax on petrol, simply because it would cost Joe & Jane more to work, its just another fine example of the motorist getting screwed.

Or maybe ...just maybe ...the governement should have thought about this and put some infrastructure in place before they let the brown envelope brigade "develop" the middle of nowhere.

Either way ...someone's getting screwed ...and it's not the ones at fault

JHMEG

ondafly wrote: »

Perhaps Joe & Jane should have rented somewhere within the city instead ?

You'd be happy to rent for the rest of your life, being subject to the landlord's whims, battling to get simple maintenance done, reluctant to bring up kids as the landlord's daughter might come home from Oz at any time and she'll need the house if she does?

You're really suggesting that that is a better alternative to buying a house in the shticks and commuting?

Irish people, maybe because of history, see home ownership not as a luxury but as a right.

E92

galwaytt wrote: »

No it doesn't - it has only one turbo. 180bhp has single intercooler, and 225 etc has two, and a larger turbo. But still only one. And 180 bhp (the common one, here) isn't 'very highly tuned'.

We weren't talking about the 180 version though! JHMEG only mentiomned the 225. As for the 225, didn't realise it had only one turbo. It must be a pretty big one if it can get 100 bhp extra from the NA 1.8. Or else the 1.8 is highly tuned and a smaller turbo was fitted. Either way it's gonna use more fuel than the 180 version.

JHMEG

One or two turbos is moot.. come July 1st it'll have none.

ismynametoolong

In scrapping Engine size CC as a basis for calculating tax from either VRT or
Road Tax the GOV assisted by the greens have shot themselves in the foot.

Why so you say !!

ALL manufacturers are striving to get CO2 figures down for EU markets and the magic target is an average of 130 g/km as technology improves this will be achieved and actually further reduced and thus the Governments revenue
will also be reduced.So what will they have to do , they will have to alter
or modify VRT bands at every budget to maintain their piece of the pie which
will only cause further confusion and annoyance.
All manufacturers can substantially reduce the CO2 figures over night by type approving cars with smaller wheels , less accessories ie Air con and lowering their Cd figures so dont be surprised to see the option and spec lists of current models along with Co2 figures changing a lot come July 08

craichoe

ismynametoolong wrote: »

In scrapping Engine size CC as a basis for calculating tax from either VRT or
Road Tax the GOV assisted by the greens have shot themselves in the foot.

Why so you say !!

ALL manufacturers are striving to get CO2 figures down for EU markets and the magic target is an average of 130 g/km as technology improves this will be achieved and actually further reduced and thus the Governments revenue
will also be reduced.So what will they have to do , they will have to alter
or modify VRT bands at every budget to maintain their piece of the pie which
will only cause further confusion and annoyance.
All manufacturers can substantially reduce the CO2 figures over night by type approving cars with smaller wheels , less accessories ie Air con and lowering their Cd figures so dont be surprised to see the option and spec lists of current models along with Co2 figures changing a lot come July 08

No,

This has been coming since 2006, taxing by co2 emissions is to pay for the fines were going to receive for not being under the limit for kyoto

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2006/1030/1162055437429.html

yellow012

cw girl wrote: »

Hi - do u have the € impact for a 1.9 tdi golf? Thx

If you have one already and its the 105bhp model the tax will go up to approx €550. If your planning to buy a new one in July the tax will be €150.