• albert180@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    If you buy a more expensive car that just consumes a lot more fuel and space without any benefit you shouldn’t complain about paying more or policy measures to minimise that

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      9 months ago

      In that case you pay much higher taxes already …at least in my country

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          9 months ago

          A lot higher, double, triple or ever more. Depends on the CO2 emissions of the particular vehicle so bigger engine, more power, more weight, less aerodynamics, higher consumption means higher taxes. This is of course for combustion vehicles …don’t know about the EVs, never owned one

          “If you buy a more expensive car …”

          Oh and by the way, the vehicles price has nothing to do with emissions and so on.

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            9 months ago

            SUVs are usually more expensive than a car the same size in a non-SUV-Version.

            The SUV Version of a vehicle of the same size is usually more expensive.

            Just curious, from which country are you from. And what’s the average price for vehicle tax?

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              9 months ago

              I’m from Romania but I actually have business in Germany so I’m resident in both countries. It’s pretty much the same for both, just a bit lower for RO. For example a 1.2L vehicle with about 80hp is something like ~90€ but a 2L vehicle with 300hp will be ~250€ and a 4L vehicle with 600hp will cost ~620€ so it’s ramping up a lot.

              Of course you are right, an SUV is usually more expensive. I don’t care to much about SUVs because I don’t like them, I don’t like the looks.