This isn't all about paris.
How this worked is that your car had a number from 5 to 0 (5 bring the most polluting) assigned to it depending on its type of motor (diesel or essence) and it's date of manufacturing.
What this meant was that your old Peugeot 205, which consume next to nothing as it is really light was forbidden, but a big Mercedes suv measured in liters/km was allowed without issues.
To be honest, the ZFE were a good idea, just poorly executed. The criteria should have been determined at the bi-annual checkup of your car (controle technique), but that would have angered the big manufacturer that wouldn't be able to sell their massive suv anymore.
This isn't all about paris. How this worked is that your car had a number from 5 to 0 (5 bring the most polluting) assigned to it depending on its type of motor (diesel or essence) and it's date of manufacturing.
What this meant was that your old Peugeot 205, which consume next to nothing as it is really light was forbidden, but a big Mercedes suv measured in liters/km was allowed without issues.
To be honest, the ZFE were a good idea, just poorly executed. The criteria should have been determined at the bi-annual checkup of your car (controle technique), but that would have angered the big manufacturer that wouldn't be able to sell their massive suv anymore.