Study on diesel driving bans: More car discounts on new cars

03/03/2018

Study on diesel bans More car discounts on new cars

Volkswagen

After the judgment to possible Diesel driving bans expects industry expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer with further discounts for new cars. Customers would use the already offered scrapping and exchange rates even more than before, said the head of the CAR center of the University of Duisburg-Essen on Saturday, citing a study by his institute. Likewise, new offers from the manufacturers can be expected, which could further burden the already strained market for used diesel vehicles.

Sufferers are the dealers, the used diesel could already resell only after long periods and high discounts. “The exchange premiums turn the dirty diesel problem on the trade.” He considers the climate-effectiveness of the exchange premiums to be manageable in view of a stock of nearly 12.5 million diesel cars with the Euro 5 emission standard or worse. Even if 500,000 “dirt diesels” were scrapped, that’s only four percent of the stock.

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In view of the impending driving bans, the industry also seems to find it difficult to sell Euro 6 diesels that are not affected at all. According to the study, Volkswagen has Show stock market chart For the first time, special discounts offered on Internet portals, which apply only to diesel models. The additional diesel new purchase premium amounts to up to 1200 euros, reported Dudenhöffer. Overall, the level of various discount campaigns in February almost reached the high level of the end of the year. Noticeable are high internet discounts for BMW Show stock market chartModels.

dpa / mh

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