What features would make you jump ship?

Oh yeah, Toyota will know what spec sells in which market. I've got no doubt it's more widely available elsewhere in the EU. We're 27 countries that have taxed car ownership in many, many different ways over the years...you can still see the effect of this today in the available specs in different countries.

I don't know how it works in other EU countries but I'd imagine they're similar to Ireland...

If your employer gives you a car you're allowed to take home and use as if it were your own, that's a taxable perk called "benefit in kind" (BIK). The rate at which the employee's taxed depends on the CO2 emissions, so the difference between 1.8 and 2.0 emissions could be 30% and 35% (as a hypothetical example).

A gas (petrol ) company car would be highly unusual though. Diesel is the norm as employers can claim back the value-added tax (VAT) on the cost, although the government is supposedly using tax law to encourage EV uptake.

That's the high-level view. I'm not an accountant or tax lawyer so I might have missed something...but you get the idea

 

Eire (Southern Ireland) is still considered EU
However northern Ireland wales scotland england (uk) are not.

 

We had few examples in which to compare here, but the additional cost of a hybrid was close to that of a diesel.

 

Quite likely. Like anything tax-related, it's a complex area

I had one company car in my life, and it wasn't worth it in terms of the tax I paid. Some people see a company car as some kind of status symbol though. Good luck to them

 

if prius is going upscale, it had better have much nicer surfaces and seats, and be much quieter

 

Too bad other counties get a corolla hybrid hatch back and not the usa. Bet it would sell like hot cakes over here…even with the gene 4 engine. But, what a hoot it would be if it used the gen 5 engine

 

My previous response to you unfortunately seems to have been deleted.

Anyway, my New Year resolution is to not suffer fools gladly so...thanks for the pointless insight and welcome to the ignore list