>"(the 180% tax is absolutely real - I've paid it)" This statement requires a bit more detail. It wasn't a flat tax rate, it was graduated, so below a certain

>"(the 180% tax is absolutely real - I've paid it)" This statement requires a bit more detail. It wasn't a flat tax rate, it was graduated, so below a certain price, there was a lower rate (105% IIRC), to incentivize smaller cheaper cars, and as a luxury tax on expensive vehicles. As it is now, the rate is 85% below ~190K DKK and 150% of the value above that. The cutover has been steadily going up over a couple of years now. So no, it has not ever been a flat 180%, as some people like to claim. It's still high, but there are tons of cars out there that don't hit the tax cutover point, even family cars. Edit: And the rates are lower for motorcycles, hybrid cars and such.