"From January to October, compared with the same period last year, the number of vehicles collected has decreased by more than 1000 units, but the vehicle purchase tax revenue has increased by about 2.4 billion yuan," said the person in charge of the Vehicle Purchase Tax Management Division of Hefei State Taxation Bureau. By November 2, the vehicle purchase tax revenue in Hefei city has exceeded 10 billion yuan, and the contribution of imported vehicles is indispensable. The "asynchronization" between vehicle purchase tax revenue and the number of vehicles is mainly due to the cancellation of the half-price preferential policy for vehicle purchase tax, as well as the increase in imported vehicles and the improvement in the level of residents' car purchases, which has led to an increase in the tax paid per vehicle. According to statistics from the Vehicle Purchase Tax Management Division, from January to October this year, Hefei residents purchased a total of 75,980 new cars and paid 9.93 billion yuan in vehicle purchase taxes. This means that the average price of residents' car purchases has exceeded 150,000 yuan, while the average price during the same period last year was less than 140,000 yuan. With the gradual cancellation of multiple favorable policies in the car market and the tightening of credit, the car market this year has been "frozen" quite a bit. A responsible person from an automobile 4S store on Jinzhai Road introduced that since the energy-saving subsidy threshold for small-displacement cars was raised to 6.3 liters per 100 kilometers, many small-displacement models that could originally enjoy subsidies are now excluded, making their situation even worse. However, imported cars have been selling hotly this year. It is learned that by November 2, the vehicle purchase tax revenue in Hefei city has broken through the 1 billion yuan mark, among which imported cars paid 232 million yuan in taxes. "Since the beginning of this year, a total of 4484 imported cars have been added. In August alone, 505 imported cars were added, nearly 70% more than the same period last year, and the tax revenue has more than doubled," introduced the relevant person in charge of the Vehicle Purchase Tax Management Division of Hefei city. In September and October, imported cars added another 536 and 469 units respectively. The consumption of imported cars is thriving, with about 15 imported cars being driven home by Hefei residents every day. It is understood that the most expensive car currently in Hefei city is a Rolls-Royce Phantom worth 8.28 million yuan, and just the purchase tax for this car needs to pay more than 700,000 yuan. Industry insiders introduced that with the youthfulness of the car consumer group and the richness of the price levels of imported cars, many fashionable young people prefer to buy imported cars. "For similar prices of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, post-80s will choose Mini Cooper, Beetle or Mercedes-Benz B series, while middle-aged people will choose traditional business models such as Audi," the person introduced. Now the price range of imported cars is constantly enriching, giving citizens more choices. Imported cars used to be mostly luxury items costing over a million yuan each, but now they can be bought for over 200,000 yuan.