Japan used car

Govt. needs to stand up to used car importers on emissions

The call from the Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers’ Association for its members to fund a $300,000+ advertising and Public Relations campaign opposing the Government’s proposals to clean up exhaust emissions is blatant irresponsibility, according to the Motor Industry Association.

January 1 was to have marked the first step in a programme which would see imported used vehicles having to meet age-related exhaust emission standards applying in the Japanese market, but it’s understood that Ministers have buckled under pressure from the used importers and implementation of the draft plan’s original timetable has been compromised, with petrol cars to be given a twelve month stay of execution. “We just hope that Ministers will not now give in and continue to allow the import of dirty old diesel vehicles,” said MIA CEO Perry Kerr. READ MORE…