Cars that may well be heading our way next year

E92

As the title says, as well as certain cars that will be disappearing because of the VRT change, the new system undoutably will mean new opportunities for certain models that weren't available under the old system because VRT made them too expensive to sell well.

I would say the following are cars that could make it here as a result of the changes:

Honda Civic i-CTDi
Toyoa Avensis D-CAT 180 bhp
Ford Focus 2.0 and 2.0 TDCi
Ford Mondeo 1.6 (123 bhp)
Toyoita RAV4 D-CAT 180
Renault Clio dCi
Renault Twingo 1.2 TCE
Renault Clio 1.2 TCE
VW Golf 1.4 FSI
Renault Clio 1.6
Renault Megane 2.0/2.0 dCi
Renault Laguna 2.0
anyone else care to add to the list?

JHMEG

Sadly a lot of Euro 4 diesels on there. Expect air quality to start detiorating near you from July '08.

Henry Ford III

It will be diesel all the way. Anything in the 2.2 litre category will become popular. These cars perform well and a low polluters too.

JoeA3

Overall, I think the new VRT/tax system, is a great step in the right direction... obviously it seems to favour low c02-emitting diesels, like in the OP's post, but it also favours many modern petrols too, such as BMW's current range of 6-cyl efficient dynamic models. As time goes on, more and more manufacturers will develop strong hi-tech engines coupled with tax-friendly emissions. So everyones a winner... until they hike the tax again!

At long last, Irish buyers have the choice to buy a car with an engine which suits the car's needs (i.e. no more 1.4 Golfs, Focii, BMW 316's, etc)

Cosmo K

Sadly a lot of Euro 4 diesels on there. Expect air quality to start detiorating near you from July '08.

I'm sure, Honda will have one......some day, maybe...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_filter

JHMEG

Cosmo K wrote: »

I'm sure, Honda will have one......some day, maybe...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_filter

Honda has 3% of the Irish market, and have only one diesel engine, which is available only in 2 cars. How much of a contribution to bad air quality do you think Honda is making?

E92

Cosmo K wrote: »

I'm sure, Honda will have one......some day, maybe...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_filter

I think DPF's should be mandatory, now that we are most definately switching to the black pump next year, and in droves too. The SIMI reckons by 2009, 65-70% of new car sales will be diesel(bear in mind we are at 28% now, that is a monumental change, and 70% would put us at the top of the tree in Europe right up there with diesel loving France and Italy, Germany which supposedly(I know from experience that there are still plenty of petrols running around the place there) is diesel obsessed is at 47.2% btw, so they are some distance behind), so there is a lot of merit in my suggestion. BMW have fitted them to their diesels for quite some time at this stage. Toyota's D-CAT and PSA cars have had them for several years too AFAIK. I think VAGs do as well.

Anyway from 2009 Euro 5 will be mandatory, and this will I think make DPF's mandatory but either way there will be a massive reduction in Particulate Emissions compared to Euro 4, so the health risk wassociated with paraffin stoves should be massively reduced.

JHMEG

E92 wrote: »

Anyway from 2009 Euro 5 will be mandatory,

2009 only for new models. For existing cars it's 2011, but we'll probably still have Euro 4 cars knocking around till 2020 or so:(.

macshadow

Audi tt twin turbo diesel 202bhp. Early 2009.

galwaytt

JHMEG wrote: »

Honda has 3% of the Irish market, and have only one diesel engine, which is available only in 2 cars. How much of a contribution to bad air quality do you think Honda is making?

I dunno, but somewhere in teh world a country is having it's ground raped for rare earth minerals to make IMA batteries..............oh, and I bet they're paying top dollar for the labour too..............:rolleyes:

Besides, we can always export them to the Far East when they're EOL......so it won't actually be our problem then, either.......

Surely it is time for a new Nissan Primera?

ninty9er

I'll expect to see a lot more 2.2 Corollas and 1.4 D4-D Yaris's specs appearing on the distributor list.

Expect the Merc diesel hybrids to make an entrance and possibly the BMW Hydrogen 7 Series....14% VRT, €150 tax:D:D

Seth Brundle

@JHMEG - maybe you would like to retype your post made last night which I deleted!

Stephen

I thought the diesel accord already had a DPF anyway?

JHMEG

JHMEG wrote: »

Honda has 3% of the Irish market, and have only one diesel engine, which is available only in 2 cars. How much of a contribution to bad air quality do you think Honda is making?

I was disappointed with hondas diesel engine. I expected to rev to 9000