Wegenbelastingvrije diesels are massively dumped
Posted on 15-08-2013 at 7:38 by Wouter – 82 Comments”
It was to be expected, and the exodus is now underway. In the past period, the offer of second-hand small diesels, which are still wegenbelastingvrij are greatly increased.
The offer wegenbelastingvrij turned out to be the recent years one of the strongest selling points for the private buyer. This resulted in some providers huge verkoopsucessen. Surely the VAG-group spinning some yarn, and the Ibiza EcoMotive, the Fabia Greenline and Polo Bluemotion flew the showrooms. In 2011, it was the Polo even the most sold car in the Netherlands.
From 1 January 2014 onwards road tax
The reason that the small diesels by private individuals were bought it was the fact that they wegenbelastingvrij were. Many of those individuals do not have enough miles per year to under the Dutch tax regime the purchase of a diesel financially to be able to justify. By the abolition of the road tax (officially motor vehicle tax; vehicle tax) fell that arithmetic over the last years, however, different. For a Polo BlueMotion is the motor vehicle tax from January 1, 2014, suddenly, around 1000 euro per year.
It adds up with the cost of a smaller diesel from 2014 to drive/ own, for the majority of the owners of private property are very different. The majority will not be enough miles to make the road tax to recoup through lower fuel consumption and the lower cost of a litre of diesel.
Unmarketable?
As the owner who do not want to, now is probably not the right time to of your Polo, Fabia or Ibiza want to get rid. The potential buyers is small because Dutch occasionkopers also know that from 1 January 2014, MRB will need to be paid. Exporting abroad is of course also an option, but there are two reasons why foreigners may not directly sit to wait on these smaller diesels. The first has the advantage to make what you as a buyer when purchasing: BPM is there at purchase also not paid. Which BPM do you get to export back what some used cars interesting for export because of a lower price. For the MRB-free cars on the road that pilot is not on.
The second argument is that a number of the motor vehicle tax-free diesels simply ondergemotoriseerd. It certainly does not apply to all of the smaller diesels, but for the most part, so that the slightly heavier diesel in the practice onzuiniger and much better drive. Especially outside the Netherlands, where you still get a difference in altitude have to be overcome to fit any more power is often better.
Whose fault is it?
It is easy for politicians to blame, but the buyers and vehicle manufacturers will certainly not freely. That from 2014 onwards MRB would have to be paid, was for a long time already known. The buyers of motor vehicle tax-free cars have too much lead by advertisements of car brands, and too little forward thought.
The government, on the other hand, a system was introduced where this train could derail. The taxes on the property (!) of cars in the Netherlands are very high, any possibility of avoiding tax by buyers flocking seized. It is also the case that the transitions between and no motor vehicle tax to pay, but also 14%, 20% or 25% of list price hard. One gram of CO2 emissions a lot and a car was and is un-sellable in the Netherlands. Understand that enormous contrasts determine the last few years which car or not successful in the inventory. For “old timers” this is still true: is your car too young then you pay the full mep to MRB. (via BNR and AutoScout24)