Claus has noticed that the Norwegians can get a very cheap Mazda MX-30. Can the Danes also do that?
At the Boosted editorial office, from time to time a question appears in the inbox, which several people would benefit from knowing the answer to.
Claus K. Meyer has sent us such a one this week. It goes on a very cheap electric Mazda in Norway. But is it something that Danish motorists can also benefit from? Especially at a time when the Norwegian krone is extra weak against the Danish krone?
Hey Boosted.
Don't you want to investigate how you can get a brand new electric car for DKK 142,061.91?
Mazda in Norway sells the MX-30 for NOK 219,900, which corresponds to DKK 142,061.91. And since there are no taxes on the car in Denmark… wupti, we must have Denmark's cheapest electric car.
Don't know if SKAT will have the car for a customs inspection. Or whether you can just have the plates delivered and then take them to Norway and pick up the car… Or whether you have to go through a system with a lot of fees.
– Claus.
Boosted's answer
Hi Claus
You actually answer your own question.
Our quick look at the Norwegian Mazda importer's website shows that you are absolutely right. Or actually only partially. Because yes – right now the MX-30 can be had for 219,000 Norwegian kroner, which is actually the same as 142,000 Danish kroner.
But the Danish tax rules that we have from the EU immediately make your idea impossible. Norway is not a member of the EU.
Therefore, you must pay both duty and VAT on a Mazda – or any other car – you want to pick up from Norway to Denmark.
Customs duty is 10 percent and VAT is 25 percent of the amount on the invoice. In other words, on top of the price you will get from a Norwegian Mazda dealer in this case.
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So you have to add almost 50,000 Danish kroner on top of the price you find on Mazda.no. And then we land at 192,000 Danish kroner.
But because you have got number plates on the car, it is not included in the customs and VAT bill, and because you are returning from Norway with the car again, we will still approach the 213,000 Danish kroner that the car costs here at home.
However, there is a small cat's limb in the whole thing; because if the car came from another EU country to Norway in the first place, you do not have to pay VAT again. However, such a case is unlikely, if not impossible, to arise at a Norwegian car dealer.
But you are absolutely right that there is no registration tax on (many, ed.) electric cars in Denmark. You therefore do not have to think about it, even if the car is brought home from a non-EU country.
PS : Denmark's cheapest electric car right now is an MG 4. It costs DKK 199,990 on white plates. We have also written about Denmark's cheapest car on yellow plates. You can find it here .
