>I used to love that car. It’s the first nice car I’ve owned (in Denmark, there was a 225% tax (VAT included) on cars last I bought one, so most people get the smallest, crappiest car that can work for their needs).
What is the reason for these extreme car taxes? as an Australian, I expect if the government here tried to introduce/enforce these sorts of taxes (per [1]) there would be riots and possibly worse - we have a very strong car culture. It would be political suicide to even announce you were considering it.
I see some reference to "green" fees and C02 emissions taxes, but those are in the context of fuel being purchased. Surely this cannot also account for the taxes on the purchase price of the car?
If you want urban sprawl like we have in Canada and I assume Australia, then go for it. Denmark doesn't let their cities look like crap. I say this as someone that loves my home city, Toronto, but cars are a collective action problem. To any one person it makes sense to take the car instead of the bus, but if we all take the car then we all get there 2 hours later than if even half of us took the bus or streetcar.
What is the reason for these extreme car taxes? as an Australian, I expect if the government here tried to introduce/enforce these sorts of taxes (per [1]) there would be riots and possibly worse - we have a very strong car culture. It would be political suicide to even announce you were considering it.
I see some reference to "green" fees and C02 emissions taxes, but those are in the context of fuel being purchased. Surely this cannot also account for the taxes on the purchase price of the car?
[1] https://www.quora.com/What-taxes-do-car-owners-pay-in-Denmar...