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BMW E60 520D. Manual vs auto - motor tax

  • 08-04-2021 7:56pm
    #1
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭


    Looking through DoneDeal, there is a difference of tax between E60 520D with manual and automatic. Automatics are €390-400 for N47 and €710 for M47. Manual E60 520D is €280.

    I thought cars were taxed based CO2 and engine capacity, I'm not sure what the transmission has to do with it.

    Do manuals have different engines? Does anybody know please? Why is it cheaper?


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  • #2
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    CyberGhost wrote: »
    Looking through DoneDeal, there is a difference of tax between E60 520D with manual and automatic. Automatics are €390-400 for N47 and €710 for M47. Manual E60 520D is €280.

    I thought cars were taxed based CO2 and engine capacity, I'm not sure what the transmission has to do with it.

    Do manuals have different engines? Does anybody know please? Why is it cheaper?

    It's to do with co2 emissions, the older model autos were less fuel efficient but this has mostly changed since.


  • #3
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    It's to do with co2 emissions, the older model autos were less fuel efficient but this has mostly changed since.

    But why are manuals from the same year, with seemingly the same engine €280? Is manual more efficient than auto for CO2?


  • #4
    Buddy Bubs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,474 ✭✭✭Buddy Bubs


    CyberGhost wrote: »
    Looking through DoneDeal, there is a difference of tax between E60 520D with manual and automatic. Automatics are €390-400 for N47 and €710 for M47. Manual E60 520D is €280.

    I thought cars were taxed based CO2 and engine capacity, I'm not sure what the transmission has to do with it.

    Do manuals have different engines? Does anybody know please? Why is it cheaper?

    The 710 euro will be a 2007 or earlier on the old cc system. The lower ones are variants on the co2 system that started in 08.


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    CyberGhost wrote: »
    Is manual more efficient than auto for CO2?

    Yes, certainly back then they were.


  • #6
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    Back in those days only the manuals got stop/start, which helped for the CO2.

    Regardless, the M47 is much more reliable so I'd pay the extra tax for one all day long, unless I knew the N47 had a timing chain replacement in the past few years.


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  • #7
    macrubicon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭macrubicon


    CyberGhost wrote: »
    But why are manuals from the same year, with seemingly the same engine €280? Is manual more efficient than auto for CO2?

    The Auto box added a few extra co2's and put it into a different tax bracket.


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