{"id":109285,"date":"2026-03-03T04:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/897125582"},"modified":"2026-03-03T04:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:45:01","slug":"carmakers-dirty-tax-scams-exposed-how-hyundai-and-maruti-game-the-system-to-screw-the-taxman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/carmakers-dirty-tax-scams-exposed-how-hyundai-and-maruti-game-the-system-to-screw-the-taxman\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmakers’ Dirty Tax Scams Exposed: How Hyundai and Maruti Game the System to Screw the Taxman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dude, if you’ve ever scratched your head at why that shiny new car<\/a> is priced at a weird 5.99 lakh instead of rounding up, it’s not generosity \u2013 it’s a cold, calculated middle finger to the taxman. Carmakers like hyundai<\/a> and maruti <\/a>are masters at dancing around “tax cliffs,” those brutal price points where road taxes jump in states like delhi<\/a>, turning a small markup into a massive bill hike. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We’re talking stripping features, dealer hacks, and psychological BS to keep ex-showroom prices just under the wire, all while you think you’re scoring a deal. No fluff \u2013 this is the savage expos\u00e9 on how they pull it off, straight from the playbook that could save (or cost) you thousands. Strap in for the hard hits.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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… dealer-installed after tax calculation, carmakers<\/span> exclude them from ex-showroom … caps, dodging permissions.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Gut punch: Carmakers<\/span> exploit your brain for every …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}