Predict the most popular import post july?

niceirishfella

I was in the VRt office during the week declaring yet another vehicle that had to be done before the july and they were telling me they have never been busier and expect to be mad busy after july with the declaration of cleaner vehicles from the uk etc.

so, got me thinking........what will be the most popular import post july?

Honda Diesel, Bm520d,merc 220cdi....what do you think and what do you hope to import and declare to the nice vrt people yourself maybe?
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Anan1

I'd say the 320d will be right up there. Unfortunately the new rules don't favour my kind of imports.;)

L-M

Ya the 320d for the 520d... The market will be full, can't wait, i'll get my 02 530d m-sport sooner and cheaper haha:D

paddydriver

I am planning on importing early 2009 - not sure what yet but it will be a "family" 7 seater such as ford smax, galaxy etc

Anyway, would I not be right in saying that to get true benefit of importing I will need to wait till later in year as the car needs to be 1st registered (UK etc) in calendar year 2008, to get reduced road tax, and be over 6 months old to get no VAT?

So logic says that no real benefit straight away until the early 08 2nd hand models appear on the UK forecourts over coming months?

Hope I am not missing something - either way; broke till early next year as moving house this month:D

Paddy

bitemybanger

GT-TDi Golf's, Thier all over the place with northern and english reg's still on.

speedfreak

paddydriver wrote: »

I am planning on importing early 2009 - not sure what yet but it will be a "family" 7 seater such as ford smax, galaxy etc

Anyway, would I not be right in saying that to get true benefit of importing I will need to wait till later in year as the car needs to be 1st registered (UK etc) in calendar year 2008, to get reduced road tax, and be over 6 months old to get no VAT?

Paddy

Yep bang on. Interested as to why importing s max or galaxy. Ford same spec here and should have taken a decent depreciation hit.


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paddydriver

speedfreak wrote: »

Yep bang on. Interested as to why importing s max or galaxy. Ford same spec here and should have taken a decent depreciation hit.

Speedfreak - still nothing decided yet and on initial research there is not massive saving to be made but I will see how things pan out over coming months.

Paddy

Climate Expert

BMW 520d.

JHMEG

Around about 40% of second hand imports are BMW already, so I'd say this'll continue but with a sway towards diesel, and the 320D in particular.

2manyturbos

BMW 320D

rebel.ranter

Climate Expert wrote: »

BMW 520d.

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2manyturbos wrote: »

BMW 320D

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JHMEG wrote: »

Around about 40% of second hand imports are BMW already...

+1 for all the above.

niceirishfella

Honda's?

JHMEG

Only Honda that'd do well is the diesel Accord. Civic diesel will in time, but probably a bit pricey yet. AFAIK, there are more 3-series sold in Ireland each year than all Hondas put together, so relative to the 320D (and probably 520D) the Accord and Civic will be nowhere.

roughan

might not be a popular import but as far as i can see
if you have a 2.7 Porsche Boxster now you pay 1147 per year
on the new system it will fall into the 1000 bracket (222 grams CO2)

unkel

JHMEG wrote: »

Around about 40% of second hand imports are BMW already

That high already? Any source / link to this would be great

Homer

roughan wrote: »

might not be a popular import but as far as i can see
if you have a 2.7 Porsche Boxster now you pay 1147 per year
on the new system it will fall into the 1000 bracket (222 grams CO2)

/Nitpick hat on/

It's 1109 for the year on the 2.7! Just taxed it recently for the year...

/Nitpick hat off/

bones36

just put deposit on audi 2005 a4 2.0tdi avant , coming down from 30 to 24%, i will probably have to appeal the book value as that sould come down, but knowing the revenue, they will be slow to do so, still in the dark about annual road tax, will this be at the new co2 based system or old.

Moanin

bones36 wrote: »

just put deposit on audi 2005 a4 2.0tdi avant , coming down from 30 to 24%, i will probably have to appeal the book value as that sould come down, but knowing the revenue, they will be slow to do so, still in the dark about annual road tax, will this be at the new co2 based system or old.

Road tax wil be on old system I'm afraid

Soarer

Moanin wrote: »

Road tax wil be on old system I'm afraid

Which is why I can't see anything over 2ltr in a diesel being a popular import.
So Honda/Lexus/Merc, nope.
BMW/VAG, yep!

Hornswoggle

Going on the current trend, id say the 320D...

Have a feeling that Accord imports will pick up too.

Climate Expert

Question for the BMW droids?

320d or 520d which is the biggest seller?

G Luxel

Ive seen a lot of 06 and 07 high regd mercedes, audi and bmw around. Most of these cars were sold since January. I would probably think that these cars will still be popular after july vrt change.

JHMEG

unkel wrote: »

That high already? Any source / link to this would be great

EDIT. Can't find 2007 figures on the CSO site, but BMW was #1 most popular 2nd hand import in 2007 according to one of the papers late last year/early this year.

However I did find the 2006 figures from CSO site. I'd expect 2nd hand Jap imports to all but vanish from July, not least because of difficulty in proving CO2 figures when it comes to VRT.
Table 1.8 Number of Second-hand (Imported) Private Cars Licensed for the First Time by Most Popular Make, 2006
Toyota 8,760
Volkswagen 5,724
BMW 5,116
Ford 3,747
Honda 3,433
Nissan 3,306
Audi 3,230
Mercedes-Benz 3,019
Vauxhall 2,536
Peugeot 2,245
Renault 1,945
Mitsubishi 1,839
Other Makes 9,344
Total 54,244

markos79

the lexus is220d nice motor.