Brexit and possible 10% surcharge

[fredgroves]

Ha yes. I did another thread on what people would buy if we couldn’t have an EU car. The alternatives (in the same price range) were pretty uninspiring.

Honda's off that list now too lol

[dubber36]

Something has been going on at Honda for a good while. Our neighbour has worked in R&D at Swindon for the best part of 20 years. He's not been going in for well over a year now. He still has the new company cars every six months. I've asked on a couple of occasions if he's retired, as he is 50 now, but he says he's having a bit of time away and working from home. I thought he'd been given gardening leave for been involved in the abortion of design they call Civic. Since the announcement the other week, I've thought it best not to bring the subject up..yet. 

[Vwjap]

Ha yes. I did another thread on what people would buy if we couldn’t have an EU car. The alternatives (in the same price range) were pretty uninspiring.

Honda's off that list now too lol

why? It’s nothing to do with Europe, you can still buy Hyundai’s here

[Mutley75]

Sky News breaking...

Brexit: Government to slash up to 90% of trade tariffs if UK leaves EU with no deal

http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-government-to-slash-up-to-90-of-trade-tariffs-if-uk-leaves-eu-with-no-deal-11656093

[king monkey]

Sky News breaking...

Brexit: Government to slash up to 90% of trade tariffs if UK leaves EU with no deal

http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-government-to-slash-up-to-90-of-trade-tariffs-if-uk-leaves-eu-with-no-deal-11656093

Political debate and insight on the forum. That’s why I love this place! 

[Mutley75]

I was being very careful not to be biased one way or the other, too 😬.  Keeping it neutral here. Full on Tory mode is reserved for my Twitter account lol.

[P6GTD]

What does it all mean?
No one has a ******* clue!
Good, eh?
(This is a non-political, non-partisan comment).
I only know that if I ran a company this way, I would be sacked.

[Mutley75]

In the context of this post and the assumption in the event of a no deal Brexit, there would be 10% tariffs applied to cars. The headline suggests the government would abolish (or zero-rate) 90% of tariffs. However the small print indicates they would still apply to cars, to protect UK based manufacturers. So as you were.

Anyway I’m bored sh1tl355 by Brexit and I’m a political nerd! Back to cars. Mines being collected in the morning 😬

[king monkey]

What does it all mean?
No one has a ******* clue!
Good, eh?
(This is a non-political, non-partisan comment).
I only know that if I ran a company this way, I would be sacked.

Agreed. This uncertainty is one of the factors that swayed my thinking to change before the end of the month. How can you make a financial plan with no information? We’d all be for the high jump if we operated like this in the workplace. Don’t think we’d be in line for a 2.7% pay rise. 

[king monkey]

In the context of this post and the assumption in the event of a no deal Brexit, there would be 10% tariffs applied to cars. The headline suggests the government would abolish (or zero-rate) 90% of tariffs. However the small print indicates they would still apply to cars, to protect UK based manufacturers. So as you were.

Anyway I’m bored sh1tl355 by Brexit and I’m a political nerd! Back to cars. Mines being collected in the morning 😬

Good luck! That seems to have come around quickly. Be interesting to see your thoughts coming from the A3. Mines coming at weekend.