Who Will Be Able To Use The 2100 Euro Subsidy To Buy Cars What Do Our Citizens Drive And Do They Have

Especially when citizens in Serbia literally look at every dinar, and are ready to go to the other side of the city for the difference of 200 dinars in the price of vehicle registration, as is the case in Zaječar This new state action implies that from next year, everyone who has Euro 1, Euro 2 or Euro 3 engines in their vehicles can deregister them, and they will then be taken to recycling centers, and their owners will receive a subsidy for the purchase of Euro 6 standard vehicles.

In that whole story, as it turns out, several problems are hidden, the main one being the purchasing power of the citizens of Serbia.

For example, on the Belgrade autoplaces you can find cars with Euro 6 engines whose price is from 5,000 euros and up, which means that the subsidy could, in the best case, cover up to 40 percent of the value of buying another car The question is whether Serbian drivers have the 60 percent of money they need to provide in order to even buy cars that have the Euro 6 standard.

In Belgrade, the average age of vehicles is 13 years On the other hand, the average age of about 2.

5 million cars, as many as there are in Serbia according to available data, is 17 years, and in Belgrade it is 13 years Production of cars that have the Euro 6 standard began in 2014.

so it is safe to say that there are vehicles older than 17 and even 20 years on our streets Dušan Mladenović, a professor at the Faculty of Traffic in Belgrade who participated in the creation of the traffic safety strategy, points out for Danas that the calculations showed that it is more efficient to replace a large number of cars with a subsidy of 2,000 euros each, than to give 5,000 euros for the purchase of electric and hybrid cars.

, as was the case "The calculation showed that around 50,000 old cars can be replaced annually.

Engines of the Euro 6 standard are much more efficient than Euro 3 engines, and a greater effect on the environment will thus be achieved than by subsidizing expensive electric cars, which again use electricity made from coal," explains Mladenović Considering the statement of the Minister of Construction and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić, that 102 million euros have been allocated in the budget for the program of subsidizing the deregistration of old diesels and the purchase of Euro 6 cars for 2,100 euros, the calculation shows that the state plans to replace nearly 50,000 old diesels with more modern and cleaner cars engine.

According to Mladenović, renewal of the vehicle fleet from the impact on ecology will have a greater effect on traffic safety "Each newer car with a Euro 6 engine has technologies that significantly increase safety," he points out.

Judging by the offer on Belgrade autoplaces, smaller cars, such as "Pezzo 208", "Citroen C1" or "Fiat 500" from 2014 to 2016 with a Euro 6 engine cost from 5,000 to 7,000 euros With size, luxury or newer age, prices also increase.

Of the cars that can be recycled in exchange for a subsidy of 2,100 euros, the most common ones on offer are those with a Euro 3 engine These are cars from 1998 to 2005, and the asking price rarely exceeds 1,800 euros, and they usually cost up to 1,500 euros.

Of the diesels with Euro 1 and Euro 2 engines, the most common are the famous "Golfs" 1 and 2, which cost up to several hundred euros In Novi Sad, the age of vehicles is 16 years.

On the map of the average age of vehicles in Serbia, the Agency for Traffic Safety, citizens in the area of ​​the Novi Sad Police Department use vehicles that are on average 16 years old, which is just behind Belgrade, where the youngest vehicles are driven, with an average age of 13 3 years.

Those who still drive according to Euro 1, 2 and 3 standards most often have "Golf" and "Passat" vehicles, according to data from the Novi Sad police At the very top are older models of "Opel" such as "Astra" and "Kadetta", and "Audi".

Dragan Jovanović, director of the Department of Traffic at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, estimates that there are about 140,000 passenger vehicles in this city "Any action that should improve the use of new vehicles with a high-quality drive, be it electric or with new engines, in any case improves the safety and quality of our traffic, but also has less impact on the environment.

It's all good, the only question is how long a certain measure and action will take root and be recognized among citizens That is, here the purchasing power of our population will show whether the action will succeed," said Jovanović.

Niš: Ordinary citizens cannot afford it even with subsidies Srđan Nonić, citizen activist and editor-in-chief of the Niš initiative portal, which also deals with traffic issues and has actions of this type, says that he does not see the purpose of state subsidies for the purchase of "diesel cars" ” euro 6 standard with 2,100 euros because it is insufficient for their procurement.

He does not believe that a large number of citizens will use this benefit because the vehicles whose purchase is subsidized are more expensive "For whom is it unchanged? To the new SNS elite and their children? Ordinary citizens cannot afford such a purchase, so we come to the conclusion that this solution is without problems, that is, the solution to the second problem, which is - how to show that we are doing something, without actually doing anything.

The proof of this is the aging fleet of our citizens, despite all the supposed measures that are adopted 'in their favor', and they feel them in their pockets", says Nonić and adds: "If we already want to have vehicles with a higher eco standard, the question is why the state does not grant privileges for the installation of gas appliances in vehicles with a gasoline engine, but shortens the certification period from ten to five years and raises the price of this derivative with excise taxes, so that fuel is also more expensive in our country than in the region Gas is the cleanest fuel for vehicles, it used to be the cheapest, but the government's policy has raised the price for years, and the conditions for driving on gas have become stricter.

But it's important that they now remembered to subsidize the purchase of expensive vehicles with an insignificant amount," explains our interlocutor According to Parking Service data, there are more than 80,000 registered vehicles in Niš.

Kragujevac: The action will help a very small number of people, the rest do not have money The people of Kragujevac most often buy cars that cost from 3,000 to 4,000 euros, it was said to Danas at car lots in the city.

Owners of car lots interpret the state's action as another smearing of the eyes of the poorest sections of society because, they say, the price between the cars they own and those they should buy in this campaign is extremely high "The action will help a very small number of people, maybe two to five percent.

Because those old vehicles with Euro 1, Euro 2 and Euro 3 engines cost from 500 or 700 euros to a maximum of 2,000 Those with Euro 6 engines range from seven to 17,000 euros.

So why would someone exchange their vehicle for 2,000 euros, get the same amount of money and still lack 5 000 euros to buy the one with a Euro 6 engine, explains the owner of a car lot.

He adds that the people who had the oldest cars have already bought newer ones that complete their work, and to repair them they need 100 to 200 euros, so why would they take out loans and spend money they don't have The interviewee of Danas explains that people were told that they will receive 2,100 euros, but that this is not entirely true.

When the car is given to the state, it will be recycled, so he can't even sell it for parts So, from those 2,100 euros, the value of the car on the market should be deducted, so if the price of the car is 700 euros, the owner will practically receive only 1,400 euros.

Ordinary people from Šabac cannot buy cars with the Euro 6 standard According to the data of the Police Administration, there are about 50,000 registered vehicles on the streets of Šabac, including passenger, cargo, trailer vehicles, mopeds and tractors.

How many among them are those with Euro 1, Euro 2 and Euro 3 engines, it is difficult to know, since, as we were told, there is no accurate record The state program, according to which the owners of these cars will be able to receive a subsidy of 2,100 euros from next year, for the purchase of a new or used passenger car, Euro 6 standard, will not mean much for citizens, according to one of the largest Šabac car dealerships.

"The price of new vehicles has jumped by at least 20 percent, so for example, for the most affordable "Ford" model "Fiesta", which used to cost 11,900 euros, now you need to allocate around 19,000 euros Giving subsidies for a vehicle that used to cost around 12,000 euros may make some sense, but at the new prices, which have a tendency to grow in the last year and a half, from 2,100 euros received, the buyer, in order to buy a new vehicle, will still missing at least 17,000 euros", explains one of the car dealers for Danas.

He notes that 80 percent of new vehicle sales are made by legal entities and the freight program "Individuals or ordinary people in Šabac do not have money to buy new cars and they are in the most unfavorable position.

The state program will be used only by those who definitely planned to buy a car, and the number of vehicles sold will not increase," said the car dealership Uzice: More and more cars with Euro 6 engines are being imported.

According to data from the Uzice Police Department, 26,654 passenger vehicles were registered last year, but there is no information on how many of them are in any of the Euro engine categories Danas interlocutors estimate that most of the cars in Uzice are old and welcome the state's announcement to help citizens buy vehicles with "euro 6" engines with subsidies.

"With state subsidies, people will be able to buy newer vehicles and make savings in their household budgets, and there will be less pollution of the environment, especially the air," said Nikola Planić, who deals with vehicle registration, for Danas Miroslav Rakić, a self-employed mechanical engineer in the vehicle testing laboratory at AMSS Užice, points out that around 50 percent of the imported passenger vehicles in the city are with "euro 6" engines, but that the import is very small.

He believes that subsidies are a good opportunity for citizens to buy newer vehicles "If that's the case, it will be great," says Rakić and mentions that, in the past, Zastava from Kragujevac offered to exchange cars according to the "old for new" system, and that many residents of Užice then exchanged their old "jugić" and "Zastava 101" for "flag 10".

He says that "it is difficult to buy a used and good imported car with a Euro 6 engine for 5,000 euros" Zaječar residents save every dinar on registration As the Police Administration in Zaječar told Danas, 15,363 vehicles were registered on the territory of the city.

They could not provide information about what kind of engines it is The owner of an agency for vehicle registration and technical inspections tells Danas that the authorities want the state program to reduce the emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere and protect the environment.

"But, in my work, there is a lack of feeling The people of Zaječar are ready to go to the other side of the city for a 200 dinar difference in price to complete the registration," he said honestly.

According to him, as far as the fleet is concerned, it is on the verge of correctness "There is a significant number of those who do not have the opportunity to maintain their vehicles.

This is not due to negligence, but due to poverty People visit technical inspections in the hope that someone will see through their fingers for some malfunction that is causing them a problem while driving in the first place.

Now imagine someone buying a new car? Well, it's a mental noun," explains our interlocutor He says that the largest number of vehicles registered at their MOT are with Euro 1, 2 and 3 engines, and that amounts to about 85 percent of vehicles in traffic.

A new car is a blow to the budget of the people of Vranje "The purchasing power of people in Vranje is not so great that they can afford to give 3,000 or 4,000 euros, so that, with a subsidy of 2,100 given by the state, they can buy a used vehicle for 5,000 or 6,000 euros with a Euro 6 engine I'm not talking about expensive new vehicles," says an employee of a vehicle registration company in Vranje for Danas.

He adds that "he does not know the exact number of registered vehicles with Euro 6 engines", but "it is not more than five percent" He adds that his assessment is that "70 to 80 percent of the residents of Vranje have vehicles with Euro 1, Euro 2 and Euro 3 engines".

Subotica: A good idea with insufficient stimulation As the Subotica drivers explained, they fully support the idea to reduce the emission of harmful gases and environmental pollution by renewing old vehicles for new ones, but they believe that due to current financial opportunities, it is economically unprofitable for most citizens As an example, they state that used cars with "euro 6" standard engines cannot be found below 4,500 and 5,000 euros, while new ones are twice or even three times more expensive, which is why they believe that a subsidy in the amount of 2,100 euros is insufficient stimulation for many.

"Let's say that someone who drives a car with 'euro 1' decides to buy the cheapest used car with 'euro 6', that means he will have to pay at least another 2,000 or 3,000 euros It is, in my opinion, too big a jump, because if someone drives a car that is worth maybe 600-700 euros, it means that he has difficulties of a different nature, how will he survive the month, and not think about buying a car", said one driver for example.

Also, the owners of four-wheelers draw attention to the fact that the investment does not end with the purchase of the vehicle, but that there are additional costs, which increase the better the car "It's not just a purchase, because when you buy that car, registration is more expensive for you, tires are more expensive, maintenance is also more expensive.

So, there are several aspects that might cause people to give up," adds another driver Fewer and fewer old vehicles on the streets of Zrenjanin Although there are fewer and fewer old vehicles on the streets of Zrenjanin, as confirmed by the private vehicle registration centers, there are still worn-out cars with engines that are about to go out of use.

When asked how many such vehicles there are and how they comment on this action in the Auto-moto company "Petar Drapšin", Zrenjanin were not talkative "We don't have data on how many such vehicles there are.

When it comes to the action, we don't have full information, we only learned from the media that it is being planned," Danas was told In total, 34,219 passenger cars were registered in this city, according to the data of the Republic Institute of Statistics, while there were 3,571 trucks.

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