A spectrum is around Europe: the Euro 7. It should have come into force since July 2025, but the timing have been redefined and will be active from next year. Meanwhile, many countries already fear it, in particular Italy. It will be by natural propensity to have fear of ghosts or because, as the data show, in Italy You can no longer afford a new car?
The problems are different. The first, more difficult to solve, is the increase in the cost of a car: in the last decade the list price has doubled and this brakes the purchases. At the same time, the purchasing power of the Italians has collapsed and the only way to buy a car is to wait for tax bonuses, such as the public incentives of June 3, 2024 or debt for several years.
New limits with the Euro 7 are coming
For a year, we managed to escape the Euro 7, but soon (or late) the new package of regulations governing the most efficient engines will arrive. According to the new timing communicated, the package will be active to start From 29 November 2026.
From that date, therefore, the new cars and van models must have the Euro 7 approval level in order to be marketed. For the models already for sale, however, the term is extended to 29 November 2027.
But what changes concretely? Theimitated on emissions They remain unchanged compared to Euro 6, because the new package focuses on brakes, microplastics generated by the tires and more. For this reason, electric cars and their indirect emissions will also be involved.
The euro 7 threaten Italian wallets?
It is not only the Euro 7 legislation that threatens the portfolios of the Italians, but the new rules increase the list price of the most recent cars. The price increase is sadly consistent with what happened in the last ten years: the cost has doubled.
In a recent study by Aniasa An increase in the use of private car for daily activities emerges, while public transport remains stable. A private car that, in most cases, is an old car. In fact, in 2024, 62% of Italians did not even think of buying a new car. Too many national and European regulations, too many price increases and drop in purchasing power.
Car sector in crisis: sales drop
The result is a sector in crisis and stagnant, who cannot sell cars (-17.44% in June 2025 compared to June 2024, after the sales peak thanks to the incentives up to 13,750 euros sold out in one day) if not through aid and installments. Even the car, like many other goods, is becoming a loan property, not a “real”. At the same time, a necessary choice for those who need to move and cannot live to commute on public transport: over 170,000 private individuals have chosen to renounce the car And they prefer rental.
Also according to the aforementioned study, almost 2 out of 3 Italians have canceled or postponed the purchase of a car pending a drop in prices or for income problems. And the euro 7 spectrum is getting closer.
