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Currently vehicles imported from non-EU countries have a 10% tariff applied (less for Japanese made cars because of recent EU trade agreement with Japan). If we leave the EU without a trade agreement that same tariff will apply to EU manufactured cars. As I argued earlier that does not mean prices of EU made cars will rise by 10%, it’s up to manufacturers and importers what price they charge. UK made cars will be unaffected by leaving the EU and there is no reason their prices should rise.
According to the rules Barnier’s role finishes when we leave. I’d like to think trade negotiators backed by strong lobbying by industry are likely to see the world differently. Germany’s economy is in a bad enough state as it is without losing out on sales to the UK.
But then I’m an optimist…
No reason for a 10% price increase though. First, the tariff is on the imported price pretax, second EU manufacturers will absorb what costs they can to maintain sales. Cars are priced at what the market will stand. Profit margins vary country to country – higher in the UK than many countries, funding the big dealer networks for example.
And you can be sure the first tariff agreement between EU and UK will be for vehicles.
And why wouldn’t the manufacturers keep selling cars here? It’s not as if anyone’s going to stop them. No-one is stopping trade.
The EU imposes barriers to trade, we don’t have to.
Apart from the reasons given above, who would they lease from? Motability is already the largest fleet operator in Europe and almost twice the size of the next biggest, Lex.
Pork pie was enhanced by some lovely home-made ginger pickle , fwipperie and a bottle of Proper Job.
Brydo, I would view with suspicion any decision to hold a GE before Brexit is done and dusted. Too much of a gamble with the Brexit Party looming. 3rd week in November would be my guess.
Nice verbal image fwipperie. I am sat at home in the conservatory surrounded by pot plants listening to the rain hammering on the glass contemplating a pork pie.
Except of course that as things stand we leave at 11pm on 31st October. Then hopefully we can have a GE fought around traditional party political policies.
There’s quite a number of Labour MPs would do what they could do to prevent Corbyn being PM, and those in leave seats that backed him would likely be ending their political careers, just like any Conservative MP who voted against the government.
On the other hand, MPs who lose their seats get a redundancy deal worth twice what any of us mortals get.
The Queen’s permission to prorogue parliament is a formality. She cannot in reality refuse, because that refusal would be a political decision.
Price competition causes businesses to be leaner and more efficient if they are to survive in the market. There is no market for the Motability scheme. Motability Operations can splurge our money on high salaries, benefits and pensions for their staff and directors (as they do) without effective oversight. Yes of course we can go elsewhere, but why should we?
Let me put it like this – I am as grateful as we all are here (or should be) for the opportunities PIP payments create for us. What I am not so happy with is that Motability Operations takes more from us than they need to for supplying a car and we have no voice concerning what happens to the extra money we have given them.
So DougieB, I presume when you next go to Tesco and spend some of the money you are given as an award for your disability, you won’t ask for your change. Motability Operations is a commercial organisation, not a charity.
DougieB, it is NOT the taxpayers money. The government is not giving us a car, as they did with the blue invalid carriages. The government give us money to help overcome our disabilities. We can spend that on a world cruise if we wish. We can spend it on Taxis instead of getting a car from Motability or anywhere else, many do. There is no obligation to do anything particular with it, because once given, it is our money, not the taxpayers.
I have no problem with Motability Operations being a monopoly supplier, but it does need better oversight in my view. We agree to hand over our PIP mobility payments, and extra cash in most cases, to get a car. That payment is our money to give for no other purpose than to get a car. Is monopolyit right for the supplier of that car then make large surpluses from that business and hand that money to Motability the charity to spend on other matters? After all, it’s our money. If Motability Operations make surpluses shouldn’t that money be returned to us?
More likely geo-politics – fear of world recession – Hongkong situation – US/China trade sanctions etc.
Does it matter, Brydo? We supposedly live with a cabinet form of government where policies are proposed, discussed and decided. PMs like Gordon Brown and Teresa May who thought they knew best and refused to listen to their ministers advise are the reason we are where we are now.
Agreed Rover 75 was a car worthy of the Rover badge – first since the real Rovers, the 90 and 110. The 2000 was being made while I was at Solihull. I remember seeing the rear pillar being clouted with a rubber mallet to get the glass to fit…
