Car tax changes push up prices 7%

THE revision of the vehicle registration tax band downwards to include all vehicles over 1900cc means two-litre cars will cost consumers 7% more.

The industry had demanded a derogation on the proposal until next March because dealers had already ordered their stock for next year.

“It is obviously going to be a lot more difficult for people to sell those cars,” the chief executive of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, Cyril McHugh said last night.