EC shake-up could lead to cut price cars, but not in Ireland. We still pay Vehicle Redistration Tax (VRT). A guy rang Gerry Ryan’s show this morning, and said he bought a Laguna here in Ireland and brought it back to the UK and it only cost him IR£13,000 before UK Vat (at 17.5%) kicked in. The same car is IR£24,000 if you’re registering it in Ireland. *sigh*