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Post by michael on May 19, 2020 12:40:52 GMT
Good news for JLR, apart from the Discovery, Defender and iPace being made overseas.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on May 19, 2020 13:02:56 GMT
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Post by garry on May 19, 2020 14:53:55 GMT
Is this a negotiating position? I would have thought that the eu would feel some pressure from German manufacturers to get back round the negotiation table.
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Post by michael on May 19, 2020 14:57:10 GMT
I think the whole tariff announcement was a negotiating position.
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Post by Big Blue on May 19, 2020 15:00:41 GMT
UK buyers will just pay the 10% increase and the manufacturer will fund some element to maintain output levels (it's expensive to stop and start production lines which is why unsold cars build up in fields).
How are they measuring this tax? Some parts of cars assembled in the EU are made in the UK - is there a break for that component of the overall price?
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Post by racingteatray on May 19, 2020 15:06:01 GMT
No comment.
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Post by michael on May 19, 2020 15:08:06 GMT
Why not? Think of the happier times when all we had to argue about was the colour of our passport. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on May 19, 2020 15:49:48 GMT
Will it affect the Germans that much? They already offer huge discounts on BMWs, Mercedes etc. so does this just mean we'll all get a bit less of a discount? Maybe this will reduce depreciation and firm up used values?
A cynic might say this is a ploy to get people to buy new cars before a potential price rise and kick start the market, before coming to a deal with the EU so that tariffs are not imposed or are a nominal 2-3% or something?
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Post by PetrolEd on May 19, 2020 20:48:28 GMT
Don’t think it matters to the Germans does it? As long as they can sell a 118i for £299 a month the price is irrelevant.
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Post by racingteatray on May 19, 2020 22:43:15 GMT
A cynic might say this is a ploy to get people to buy new cars before a potential price rise and kick start the market, before coming to a deal with the EU so that tariffs are not imposed or are a nominal 2-3% or something? A cynic could indeed say that and more. Oh so much more. |
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