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Wed 10 Oct 2007New car-tax system proving chaoticThe Irish motor industry says it is in "an absolutely chaotic position" because it has not been given details, as promised, of the Government's changes to emissions-based taxation, in advance of placing orders for 2008.The industry has complained to the Government that it had been promised as far back as the last budget that details of the move to an emissions-based road-tax system would be made known before last July, which marked the deadline for a six-month lead-in required by car manufacturers.