which models are affected by the internal tax

he internal tax at 0Km, it has become one of the most dangerous barriers for the automotive market. Nowadays, this forces car manufacturers and dealers to decide whether or not to sell a model based on its situation with this tax.

The crucial problem is that, at any moment, depending on the value of the unit, it can increase by over $ 500,000 in a month, which has a total impact on the position it occupies in the company.

The last modification of this tax was applied on December 1, and was made on the basis of the adjustment of 8.93% corresponding to the quarter of July, August and September which results from the wholesale price index system ( SIPM) and will be at the end of February.

From this it was established that vehicles with a value greater than $ 2,250,000 they will be affected by the first scale, with a 20 percent aliquot. During this time the second scale applies from $ 4,150,000, with an increase of 35%.

In dollars, in the first case, the registrations starting at $ 28,000; while in the second it affects models starting at $ 51,000. In other words, a large part of the vehicle fleet, starting from the mid-segment, begins to run the risk of being impacted.

In view of this situation, some brands make abandon models or versions, in order to avoid being trapped in privilege. Meanwhile, others are taking the leap and leaving behind the clutches of this measure models ranging from the middle segment to the middle segment, which the measure was not intended for (remember that it was born as a tax of luxury).

In December, moreover, it was added that the builders took the opportunity to remove the “cap” on various products and there were big price increases to bring them closer to the tax, but without this affecting them.

Price changes

In general, high-end brands see all their models affected by this measure, since no high-end vehicle costs less than $ 28,000.

The problem is inside massive brand models, where there are more and more people affected by the internal tax and there is already part of the middle segment, like the Toyota Corolla; all the big boys, like Ford Mondeo, and many SUVs.

In the latter case, SUVs, at first it only affected those in the upper segments, but now it also affects the smaller ones.

The Volkswagen T-Cross is affected by the internal tax in its high-end version.

A key case is the Volkswagen T-Cross, one of the brand’s entry-level models (now the Nivus has been added), the top-of-the-line version of which rose to a value over $ 2,600,000 when hit by the tax. In addition, the brand ditched the version called Hero, the top of the range, to avoid such high values.

In the case of Volkswagen, the price list does not include Vento GLi, stopped when it was reached by this measure, Meanwhile, he Polo and Virtus GTS, the sportiest of the small segment, were hit by the tax and topped 2,700,000 pesos, in addition to increasing over $ 100,000 in a single month.

In the German brand, Volkswagen Golf and Tiguan They also have to pay an internal tax and are above the second scale, exceeding 3.5 million pesos in both cases.

Renault Koleos, with the impact of the internal tax.

Renault is another of the brands where the domestic tax hits the only medium SUV sold in the country, Koleos, resulting in an increase of over 3.5 million pesos. However, in this case, the December price scale change was also put to good use, and within 30 days the model went from $ 3,733,000 to $ 3,900,000.

In Chevrolet There is a special case where the price difference between one model and another, in the same range, is widened because some versions have an internal tax, and there are differences of 2 million pesos.

Chevrolet Cruze, on the brink.

This is the case of Equinox, the mid-size SUV averaging $ 2,150,000 goes to $ 4 million, tax revenue.

Where for now it manages to escape this tax is in the smaller models, both Onix and Cruze, the national production car, the most expensive version of which has a price that rose from 2,125,000 pesos to 2,300,000 pesos in December.

In the case of Ford, no model was removed from its domestic tax offering, although several of them were affected by the tax.

The most representative example is Ecosport: for the moment, the brand keeps this model below the internal tax, but after the December tax hike, it took the opportunity to accommodate prices and the most equipped versions are increased from $ 2,065,000 to over $ 2,213,700 pesos.

Ford Territory, over $ 40,000.

Then the rest of the SUV offer, both Territory and Kuga, the models that complete their range, must pay the tax, since they exceed 3 million pesos, and the same goes with the Mondeo.

Despite this, the oval brand continues to offer the full range and has not changed version or product.

In Honda They also continue to offer the same versions of their products, but some in the same range have been affected by the tax, as is the case with the brand’s best-selling model, the HR-V, which costs $ 2,900,000 in its most complete version.

Toyota It also decided to remove the roof from the Corolla and the most equipped versions averaging $ 2,600,000, that is, the midsize sedan has to pay taxes.

In PeugeotFinally, the 3008 is set to drop into the second tax scale, while domestic production models, such as the 308 and 408, are limited.

Target tax

In this perspective, manufacturers only hope that the increase in the minimum tax base will accompany the rise in prices, in order to adapt to the value of cars and not to be trapped by the tax, due to the ‘inflation.

If values ​​don’t jump big, in 2021 they are expected to sell nearly 100,000 more cars than this year, which would show signs of recovery in the industry.