>1. Because car tax is between 300 and 1800 euros a year, with a few exceptions (some "green" cars are exempt). It's worth noting that the use of motor vehicle

>1. Because car tax is between 300 and 1800 euros a year, with a few exceptions (some "green" cars are exempt). It's worth noting that the use of motor vehicles in Netherlands isn't _low_, Netherlands is still a _heavily_ motorized country. Also, the tax that you've mentioned is even higher in some post-communist countries of Central/Eastern Europe.