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Questionable practices, including under-invoicing, by some used car dealers are primarily responsible for the major decline in the “reconditioned” car market in Barbados.

That was the response of a number of the island’s established automobile dealers to charges last week by used car sellers that the $4 000 environmental levy imposed by the last Government on each imported used car was a result of lobbying by new car dealers who wanted to drive them out of business.

Roger Hill, managing director of Nassco Limited, agents of Toyota, said he knew of no discussion between new car dealers and Government on the subject, while Simpson Motors general manager Debbie Simpson said their discussions with authorities over the years related to making new cars more affordable to consumers. READ MORE…