Do you have a classic car that is older than 50 years? Then you no longer have to undergo an APK inspection from 2021. But is that such a good idea? Voluntary Classic Inspectorate (VKI) thinks not and offers an alternative. An article in the September issue of Auto Motor Klassiek, which is now in the […] More
This week Prime Minister Rutte sat at the table with Mariëlle van Overbeek in Nieuwsuur. Meanwhile, a disk graph lit up. I already knew the numbers, but again they came in. Road traffic: 6,1% share in Dutch nitrogen production. Abroad: 32,3%. Agricultural sector: 46%. Construction: 0,6%. Construction 0,6%? It's really there. Zero point six, the minuscule […] More
The historic models of Mercedes Benz, VW and Ford are the most popular import classics of the past year. BOVAG has published this on the basis of figures that the organization has compiled together with Automotive data organization RDC. Both organizations also concluded that the import of passenger cars older than thirty years […] More
More and more owners of old-timers with LPG are removing the gas installation from their car. The RDW published figures showing that the expansion of LPG has quadrupled in a few years' time. It has everything to do with the adjusted rules for MRB vehicles, which have been in force since January 1, 2014. Motor vehicles are […] More
Yesterday it was announced that the number of old-timers exported doubled in the past year to more than 12.000 cars. This development has everything to do with the 40-year compromise, which was agreed in the spring of last year between the Ministry of Finance and the oldtimer alliance. A number of parties of that alliance are doing […] More
The BOVAG has spoken for its turn in recent days. Currently, the interest group is jointly responsible for the 40 year compromise for old-timer action against increases in fuel taxes, among other things. They try to do this in a playful way by placing plastic cows in political gardens and storming the government buildings dressed in cow suits. These actions can hardly be taken seriously, while the More
The BOVAG and KNAC have an important week ahead. Both interest groups follow national and local politics with more than normal interest. The BOVAG will protest against the proposed tax plans for motorists next Monday. The KNAC is anxiously awaiting whether the Utrecht city council will decide to […] More
The BOVAG stated yesterday in a publication in its online BOVAG newspaper that it fully supports Frans Weekers. Among other things, BOVAG spokesman Tom Huyskens reports that the current import figures are irrelevant, but that these are absolute numbers that are now used tax-free for daily use. He also calls the 40 year compromise a reasonable agreement in which the polluting old-timers are tackled More
