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Date: 9 Dec 2001 12:45:30 -0800 From: johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) Subject: Re: Whats wrong with the V6?
johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) wrote in message news:<1ec6845d.0112080724.51d1265anopsaming.google.com>... > Jeremy <JeremynopsamREMOVE.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<OLZ3kLAvRyD8EwR0nopsamscott.net>... > I'll tell you what's wrong with the V6. In April 2002, the UK will > introduce a company car tax that is proportional to the CO2 output. > The intension is to lower the CO2 emisions in the UK and elsewhere > such that the US carry on increasing the emisions. OK, leaving > such political snipes aside, the tax figures for the Saab 9-5 are: > > 2.0t 25% > 2.3t 26% > 2.3Aero 23% > 3.0V6t 34% > reply to Bob: (your post was not visible in Google) An additional annual taxable income for those who benefits from a company car will be calculated as the above percentage of the list price of the car. The percentages range between 15% and 35% and are mapped from a specific CO2 production g/km for the car. In effect this is a "double whammy" since larger (more expensive) cars produces more CO2, although it stops at 35%. I agree with you that the tax is a doubtfull tool. After all, the money collected can then be used for producing more CO2 in the public sector. However, I find that people in the US still love the gigantic sized cars, the yank-tanks has been replaced by even larger SUVs. The petrol flows more freely there since you only pay 30% of what we pay for petrol in most of Europe. Johannes
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