HOW MUCH IS CAR INSURANCE?
Car insurance is mandatory in Basel. While prices vary slightly from agent to agent the package of services provided is the same, so it pays to shop around. In general insurance prices are not exhorbitant. Full annual insurance for a late model VW Passat station wagon in 2006 is around 1300 CHF. Other car-related costs include: • Motorfahrzeugsteuer (canton tax) 449 CHF per year • Parking Permit (Blue zone): 120 CHF per year • Highway sticker: 60 (available at your local post office) • Basel-stadt inspection: • Gas – it is expensive. In August 2006, a liter of gas costs approximately 1.75 CHF (almost 7 CHF a gallon).
