Given that the number of nice petrol engined cars post 2008 are fairly few it inevitably, eventually, pushes someone like me towards nice diesel cars from 2008 to onwards. Without having looked at a huge number of examples yet, it looks like most EU4 and possibly many EU5 diesels will be priced beyond viability either through VRT supplements or, in due course, road-tax penalties. I'm thinking about changing the daily (aren't I always!), and tbh I'm finding it hard to follow a path towards the sort of car I'd prefer and feeling that I ought to just play it safe.
The key to making any progress towards emissions goals mean that they have to force "old" (post 2008) up to and including EU5 off the road ahead of "schedule". We know that this doesn't stand up to scrutiny in fact but its a populist message that through repetition will be an easy sell to those who are too busy to think for themselves. I think they'll do it by adding NOX as an additional, penal, factor to the pot of things that determine road-tax. We've always proven very sensitive to road tax as a tool for determining habits and choices.