FCA doesn't like the eco-tax approved by the Chamber. An inevitable judgment considering that the price increases on the Panda 1.2 had been used as an emblematic example to show the government how much the bonus/malus system envisaged on the car market damaged above all those who intend to buy the cheapest small cars against incentives on electric vehicles , generally much more expensive-
"The bonus-malus system will significantly affect the dynamics of the market, in an extremely delicate transition phase of the sector, modifying the assumptions at the basis of our industrial plan". This is what was declared, in no uncertain terms, by the head of European activities of FCA, Pietro Gorlier, in the letter with which he declined the invitation to participate in the Piedmont Regional Council, then saved.
"If this intervention were confirmed as early as 2019 - continued the manager - an in-depth examination of the impact of the maneuver and a relative plan update".
“In recent days the scenario has been significantly modified by interventions on the car market under discussion within the Budget law, which in our opinion alternate the entire framework of action within which the plan for Italy it had been outlined,” explains Gorlier
We remember that the measure promoted by the Government (which, however, has already received criticism from the League) predicts a bonus/malus system on cars registered between 2019 and 2021: a tax will be applied to new cars, the amount of which varies from 150 to 3.000 euros based on CO2 emissions. On the contrary, whoever buys electric or hybrid vehicles will be able to benefit from purchase incentives ranging from 1.500 to 6.000 euros.
It should be emphasized that on the afternoon of 11 December, the Minister of Economic Development and Deputy Prime Minister, Luigi Di Maio, met the representatives of car associations and brands to discuss the issue: "I explained to them - wrote Di Maio on Facebook - that obviously there will be no new tax to be paid on the cars of Italian families and that the term "eco-tax" is totally made up. If anything, it is an eco-bonus, of which they have indeed said they are enthusiastic”.
In the next 24 hours, continued the deputy prime minister, there will be a "technical discussion with the parties to arrive at a regulation that combats pollution without burdening the cars of Italian families" . However, the minister did not provide details, limiting himself to reiterating that it is a measure that "will make it possible to avoid a shock to the sector and put a burden on family cars", taking into account, however, what European legislation provides for in the next three years in terms of emissions.
