The Albanese government recently announced a controversial new tax on utes and SUVs – this is what it actually means for everyday Aussies.will be 210 grams when the scheme starts. So the Rogue will be 10 grams over. There’s a $100 penalty per gram, paid by Toyota. mean this car will cost Toyota $1000 to sell. They are saying they’ll pass that price on to consumers.
The next chart shows emission for a few HiLux models. Some are under the 210 gram limits, although that limits gets tighter each year.Right now Toyota sells more Hiluxes than hybrid Camrys. Quite a lot more. There were more 4x4 Hiluxes sold in February than all hybrid sedans put together, in fact.Australia’s cars have changed dramatically in the last 15 years, with big utes and big SUVs taking over as a common kind of family car, and small SUVS taking over from hatchbacks.
The RAM and the Chevrolet Silverado and all those giant cars you see straddling two spaces down in the Coles carpark? Those companies wouldn’t be bothering us if the efficiency standards were in place.
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