European eco tax!!!

[Nicolas50]

Bad news in France an eco tax will apply from January 2019 on the pick up, tax of 10500 € to the purchase and therefore each year another tax of 200 € to acquit!
I think in this case keep my Ranger wildtrack and forget the Raptor who arrives with 8 months late to avoid this tax!

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[Nicolas50]

Hello, a few months ago the French government had decided to tax the 10500 € the purchase of a pick up for 2019, this decision has been postponed to 2020, which will allow to have a Raptor Ranger !!

 

[Nate4x4]

Hello, a few months ago the French government had decided to tax the 10500 € the purchase of a pick up for 2019, this decision has been postponed to 2020, which will allow to have a Raptor Ranger !!

Thanks for the update, Nick. I am happy to hear this.

 

[StAugKid]

Does this tax just apply to trucks or does it apply to anything that uses what they consider too much gas?

 

[Nicolas50]

It is a tax on all vehicles except utilities (pickups are considered as utilitiares but the idea is to exclude those with 5 places considered private vehicles) according to the CO2 rate emmi, whatever the value of the vehicle when buying in new, after there is an annual fee to pay, lower ... for now!

 

[Nicolas50]

Bouncing as only the French know how to do it!
finally the tax will be applicable from 01/07/2019 !! and for professionals from 01/01/2019 !!
3 versions of the law in 1 week !! Not easy to find!
Buy or not buy?

 

[StAugKid]

Bouncing as only the French know how to do it!
finally the tax will be applicable from 01/07/2019 !! and for professionals from 01/01/2019 !!
3 versions of the law in 1 week !! Not easy to find!
Buy or not buy?

I'd say buy an F350, lift it 6 inches and put it on some 40 inch super swampers. Let's see how the French government handles that little gem.

 

[Nicolas50]

I'd say buy an F350, lift it 6 inches and put it on some 40 inch super swampers. Let's see how the French government handles that little gem.

Maybe good if Ford make a ranger raptor version with 4places/seats and not 5 ! Taxe is only for 4 places/seats

 

[ZanS]

I'd say buy an F350, lift it 6 inches and put it on some 40 inch super swampers. Let's see how the French government handles that little gem.

Where would you park that? Even with rangers we have problems in urban area.

@Nicolas50; how about importing one from other state as used vehicle? Or putting it in different licence plates? For much less than 10.500€ you can put the truck on german or slovakian plates and not worry about any taxation.

 

[Nicolas50]

@ Zans yes I looked and found an importatuer who should receive 26 RR for the month of May, (not in gray !!!) which avoids the tax!
Do you have any address for a vehicle in Germany or Slovakia and you know the procedure to keep foreign plates? A + Thank you I sprenneur information, here have a vehicle other than a vehicle without a license has become an obstacle course!

 

[Nicolas50]

@ ZanS yes I looked and found an importatuer who should receive 26 RR for the month of May, (not in gray !!!) which avoids the tax!
Do you have any address for a vehicle in Germany or Slovakia and you know the procedure to keep foreign plates? A + Thank you I sprenneur information, here have a vehicle other than a vehicle without a license has become an obstacle course!

 

[RodSlinger]

Where would you park that? Even with rangers we have problems in urban area.

That would be interesting to see. I've gone to the UK quite often and every now and then you would see some imported american vehicles. Passed a late 90's Dodge Ram 1500 and it took up the entire lane. You wouldn't even notice that here in the US but over there it looked like a two story house driving down the road compared to everything around it. Found a Ford F-150 parked at Asda and it literally took four parking spots. The tires were over the left AND right side lane markers as well as being long enough to take half the spots in front of it.

I think the average car and camper combo in the UK is smaller than a typical american pickup truck. It's getting ridiculous how big they've gotten.

 

[ZanS]

@ ZanS yes I looked and found an importatuer who should receive 26 RR for the month of May, (not in gray !!!) which avoids the tax!
Do you have any address for a vehicle in Germany or Slovakia and you know the procedure to keep foreign plates? A + Thank you I sprenneur information, here have a vehicle other than a vehicle without a license has become an obstacle course!

Sorry, can't help you with that. As far as I know, there is no "luxury" tax on vehicles in Slovakia. Try googling about that and if someone know exact procedure for France.

That would be interesting to see. I've gone to the UK quite often and every now and then you would see some imported american vehicles. Passed a late 90's Dodge Ram 1500 and it took up the entire lane. You wouldn't even notice that here in the US but over there it looked like a two story house driving down the road compared to everything around it. Found a Ford F-150 parked at Asda and it literally took four parking spots. The tires were over the left AND right side lane markers as well as being long enough to take half the spots in front of it.

I think the average car and camper combo in the UK is smaller than a typical american pickup truck. It's getting ridiculous how big they've gotten.

I've seen UK roads, even with normal cars you can have problems.
This should put in a perspective:

 

[toddiscdn]

Saw a couple f-150s and a jacked up Dodge in Belgium in Sept. The f150 loooked a bit out of place parked in Bruges. Saw a f150 once in Italy as well, definitely odd though.

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