New Car Tax Bands

[LeazesMag 0]

anyone have a link where I can see what they are going to be ?

[Meenzer 15873]

Is this them? I Googled it and this was the top hit, but I haven't driven for almost 10 years, so I have no idea what I'm looking at here.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7293011.stm

[Fop 1]

Basically expect to pay more, in some cases a lot more, I think it's only ~17% of cars that will actually benefit from the changes (despite Brown's hasty claims about 50%), and of course that will only last as long there are fewer lower polluting car. Once they become the meat of tax income, then tax will of course be rocketed on them too.

[Park Life 71]

Basically expect to pay more, in some cases a lot more, I think it's only ~17% of cars that will actually benefit from the changes (despite Brown's hasty claims about 50%), and of course that will only last as long there are fewer lower polluting car. Once they become the meat of tax income, then tax will of course be rocketed on them too.

 

4x4 are banned in Paris I heard.

[luckyluke 2]

Basically expect to pay more, in some cases a lot more, I think it's only ~17% of cars that will actually benefit from the changes (despite Brown's hasty claims about 50%), and of course that will only last as long there are fewer lower polluting car. Once they become the meat of tax income, then tax will of course be rocketed on them too.

 

4x4 are banned in Paris I heard.

 

 

Heard a funny story about 4x4s in Paris...a group of enviromentalists went around at night letting down tyres of the petrol guzzling child killers, and not surprisingly their owners got a bit miffed. They went to the police, reporting it as vanadalism, but as the cars weren't being damaged then no actual crime was being comitted so they wouldn't do anything.

[Park Life 71]

Basically expect to pay more, in some cases a lot more, I think it's only ~17% of cars that will actually benefit from the changes (despite Brown's hasty claims about 50%), and of course that will only last as long there are fewer lower polluting car. Once they become the meat of tax income, then tax will of course be rocketed on them too.

 

4x4 are banned in Paris I heard.

 

 

Heard a funny story about 4x4s in Paris...a group of enviromentalists went around at night letting down tyres of the petrol guzzling child killers, and not surprisingly their owners got a bit miffed. They went to the police, reporting it as vanadalism, but as the cars weren't being damaged then no actual crime was being comitted so they wouldn't do anything.

 

Lovely.

[JawD 99]

My Co2 is 260. Im paying £440 at the moment but Ive already decided not to get he same car again when I renew next year. Want something with decent mpg this time due to the cost of fuel (oh, er, and the environment of course.....).

[Geordieboyo 0]

My Co2 is 260. Im paying £440 at the moment but Ive already decided not to get he same car again when I renew next year. Want something with decent mpg this time due to the cost of fuel (oh, er, and the environment of course.....).

 

Got to be looking at a Beemer then?

[Fop 1]

My Co2 is 260. Im paying £440 at the moment but Ive already decided not to get he same car again when I renew next year. Want something with decent mpg this time due to the cost of fuel (oh, er, and the environment of course.....).

Your resale value is going to take a pretty big hit I guess.

 

 

 

The irony is of course that with fuel prices (which aren't likely to go down and may well sore up to $200 a barrel still), people are looking for fuel efficiency anyway. It's the biggest con since Blair/Brown stopped the 25 year rolling exemption (which is still arguably the "greenest" type of car you can drive when you factor in production energy costs).

 

Maybe everyone would ride scooters around now, if we had a Mediterranean climate and didn't have to wear helmets.

[JawD 99]

My Co2 is 260. Im paying £440 at the moment but Ive already decided not to get he same car again when I renew next year. Want something with decent mpg this time due to the cost of fuel (oh, er, and the environment of course.....).

 

Got to be looking at a Beemer then?

 

 

Nah its an ML. Also its on a lease so I just hand it back at the end of next year. So the main thing that hits me is the mpg cost, maintenance and of course tax as its a benefit.

[LeazesMag 0]

missus has been offered an old-ish VW golf and wants it. Its a 2 litre !!! so I'm wondering what it will cost , the current tax is also due at the end of this month too.

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

This is going to hammer the used-car value of some models. The 1.6 petrol used in the Golf, Leon, Octavia etc falls into band J (183g/km co2) and is liable for £270 road tax from 2010 whereas the same car with a 1.9 diesel engine in it is band E (135g/km co2) and only pays £115.

 

Some people will end up lumbered with worthless or unsaleable cars if they're not careful.

[tinofbeans 91]

my tip. sell now. i've already got rid of my s3 and now drive a golf 1.9tdi on the lower tax band. its not as fun to drive but its way cheaper to run and tax etc....

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

my tip. sell now. i've already got rid of my s3 and now drive a golf 1.9tdi on the lower tax band. its not as fun to drive but its way cheaper to run and tax etc....

Your right of course, but the S3 is a premium model. The point I was making was if you have the 'wrong' base model you are still going to get battered for tax.

[LeazesMag 0]

This is going to hammer the used-car value of some models. The 1.6 petrol used in the Golf, Leon, Octavia etc falls into band J (183g/km co2) and is liable for £270 road tax from 2010 whereas the same car with a 1.9 diesel engine in it is band E (135g/km co2) and only pays £115.

 

Some people will end up lumbered with worthless or unsaleable cars if they're not careful.

 

well, its just a runaround, and its before 2001, so I presume the tax will be 150 quid or thereabouts ?

 

If it lasts her a few years with little bother then thats OK I suppose