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Used UK hybrids gone up 20% plus lately?

  • 02-12-2018 1:33am
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    Atlantic Dawn
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    Have been toying with the idea of importing a hybrid from the UK, have noticed now prices for minimum priced stuff is gone up 20% plus, are us Irish buying them all up or what is happening? This is not currency issue, I am going by UK £ price.


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  • #2
    bazz26
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    New diesels are no longer fashionable in the UK so prices of alternatives like hybrids are staying strong. Was pricing petrol cars over there for the father to replace his nearly 10 year old Auris and they are strong there too, not much saving over buying one here when you take all costs into account.


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    nogoodnamesleft
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    bazz26 wrote: »
    New diesels are no longer fashionable in the UK so prices of alternatives like hybrids are staying strong. Was pricing petrol cars over there for the father to replace his nearly 10 year old Auris and they are strong there too, not much saving over buying one here when you take all costs into account.

    They have also included an additional tax on new diesel cars for the first few years of its life (on a sliding scale). Hence not many people are buying new diesel vehicles and are either holding on to what they have or buying a used car a few years old.

    https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/911427/Diesel-car-tax-2018-rules-changes-increase-explained

    One of the guys at work who has a company car was saying that new diesels also have issues with passing a new emissions check introduced after diesel gate and as such some cars have not been approved thus putting more pressure on existing stock.


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