Car road Tax

If you go on parkers.co.uk

you can type in your car and find out the tax for the next three years

hope this helps
 
When I saw it on the news the other night, I understood it to be for new cars. Looking at the tax bands their, my road tax is going down £20 this year. I taxed my 2.2 DCi in November for £140, it's now £120 on that chart as it's 129g/km as far as I know. Then in 2009 it'll go down to £90! That surely can't be for older vehicles.
 
Thanks for the Parkers link. Apparently I'm band D so I must be mistaken on my emissions.
 
thanks for link, what is the first year rate all about in 2010.???
 
i wont be buying another type r civic then......500 quid if you buy in 2010 :eek:
 
mines going up by £5 a year which isnt bad but it takes the **** either way.


might look at swapping my car in for something thats group B so i only pay £35 a year.


just how slow is the pug 206 1.4 HDI? suzie is after a 206 and i notice thats only band B so dirt cheap, but is it SLOW?
 
I paid £35 last year, it will be £30 next and then back to £35 in 2010
 
Trex450 said:
figures from bbc web site, does any one know
if the new system apply's to older cars, or is it when you buy a new car in 2008 it apply's. :shrug:
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It applies to all cars first on the road after March 2001.
 
I`ve got one of those Hybrid Honda Civics. Cost`s me £40 a year to tax it. Not bad for a milkfloat.....
 
Buy a helicopter.. Its cheaper..:D

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:eek: I'm so glad I'm not gonna be here when this all comes in. It makes no sense whatsoever. My boyfriend has a Toyota Celica GT4 and I have a Toyota Yaris. Guess who would end up paying the most in road tax? That is just so unfair. Roll on Canada when I get my big gas guzzlin 4x4 :D
 
minky_monkey said:
I`ve got one of those Hybrid Honda Civics. Cost`s me £40 a year to tax it. Not bad for a milkfloat.....
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Being a Honda man I have often wondered about the hybrids, does it drive like a milkfloat?.
 
digitalfailure said:
i wont be buying another type r civic then......500 quid if you buy in 2010 :eek:
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Looks like I'll have to rethink my transport after my current Type-R too. :(

We all know that climate pollution has to be tackled, but why of why does this tiny island have to take the brunt of it all, when half the world and the 3rd World countries in particular, will be spewing out pollution with no controls whatsoever?

Ok don't tell me - we're setting an example for the rest of the world -again! :suspect:
 
Ok well both my 1.4 Petrol and my dads new 2.0 Diesel are both coming up as £120 a year still, so erm......yeah!
 
well I just changed my £35 Clio today for a £35 Megane :D Not tight, careful ;)
 
Galaxy66 said:
Being a Honda man I have often wondered about the hybrids, does it drive like a milkfloat?.
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It`s not bad TBH, it cuts the petrol engine when you stop at lights and you pull away on the electric side. The electric is there to assist the petrol side.

The only thing is, it`s not exactly the quickest car you`ll ever drive. With a moster 1300cc :lol:, overtaking needs a bit of planning! With the motor assist it`s pretty much the equivalent of a 1500/1600cc engine. Just much more economical. It clocks about 56mpg on average, if you`re more steady in the manner of driving, I`ve seen more.
 
i remember way back when when you originally got a discount on your tax for having a car under 1000cc engine capacity, great so i got a mini with a 998cc engine, and then the indecisive ****s increased it to 1500cc, which as far as im concerned sent out the wrong message. i now drive a focus 1.8 zetec whcih whilst not being the most economical nor the most poluting i still get raped for £180 a year road tax, which is a bit poo, whilst id love to get a car which meets the £35 road tax bracket the fact id have to take a massive hit finanically to sell my car and buy a new one, so its not really worth it.


oh and the fact id have to drive something like this and that would look a bit queer! (nah im joking they;re pretty good cars, just no use whatsoever for motorway traveling!) one of the lads at work has one and its blatently an invalid cariage in disguise!
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A1 mobility standard issue chariot

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pugeot 107
 
after having a look at the charts for the future tax i'm pretty glad I drive an oil burner

Diesels emit far less CO2, more nasty stuff like NoX and particulates......but less tax :D
 
My friend is now going to be paying £20 more to tax his Scenic than I am to tax any of my Land Rovers (two of which are V8s).

Bonkers.

I think I will be keeping my current fleet for.......well, ever. Bad enough paying £180 x 3 but I'm not going to pay £440 x 3!
 
Well it looks as though i got rid of my MG TF at just the right time. Would have been paying £170 (2008), £260 (2009), and £270 (2010) if i had kept it.

My new MINI Cooper S fares a little better at £145 (2008), £175 (2009), £180 (2010).

Its a shame for those people who own 4x4's and want to get rid now. People are going to think twice about buying one (which is the idea) but this will lead prices falling badly as people try to sell them.

Wouldn't it be funny in a couple of years after trying to help the environment by charging heavily on THIRSTY cars there are thousands left abandoned and rotting as people can't afford to get rid of them!!
 
MG TF 135 said:
Its a shame for those people who own 4x4's and want to get rid now. People are going to think twice about buying one (which is the idea) but this will lead prices falling badly as people try to sell them.
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Not if they are pre-2001 :thumbs: but new 4x4's will suffer very badly as they age. Why would anyone buy what will be an old Ranger Rover for £1,500 if it costs £440 to tax the thing:'(
 
car tax is basically irrelevant when you are paying £20k-40k for a new vehicle, and probably dropping £10k to 20k depreciation in the first year. The car tax only hits the 2nd hand market, so cars will be scrapped sooner escalating the environmental impact of stupidly short vehicle lifespans with a wasteful new manufacture / disposal cycle.
 
Wookie said:
car tax is basically irrelevant when you are paying £20k-40k for a new vehicle, and probably dropping £10k to 20k depreciation in the first year. The car tax only hits the 2nd hand market, so cars will be scrapped sooner escalating the environmental impact of stupidly short vehicle lifespans with a wasteful new manufacture / disposal cycle.
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thats what they dont seem to realise (the cost of scrapping/manufacture) they should reinstate the 25 year free tax to a rolling system as was originally planned, that way id have 2 tax free cars and i wouldnt begrudge forking out a fortune for my ever day runaround!
 
there might be some confusion with the issue here. The 2009 and 2010 rates say first year rates. I take that to mean that the big cost is only payable as the vehicle leaves the showroom.

It'll become incorporated into the cost of the new vehicle, and put people off buying a new car............ Good news for the motor industry eh :shrug:

How Many livelyhoods are dependent on that in this country !!!
 
it wont make an ounce of difference, people will still buy new cars regardless of an extra £900 ontop of the price, especially when the dealer soaks up half of it because making a sale for £500 less is still better than not making a sale, it'd just reduce the dealers profit a little bit :)
 
you won't get dealers funding 550 quid first year tax on a mass market car, the profit margin just isn't there.....even less so on fleet sales.

I've watched people walk away from the purchase of a Focus because an Astra was 300 quid cheaper at a rival dealer. People are fickle and money talks.

I feel saddened by this tax scheme, Ford were just about set to re enter the performance hatch market with the RS in 09......with the proposed tax banding on a car like that sales could be damaged.

Performance diesels are the future......stuff the CO2 and smog the tree huggers out :D
 
digitalfailure said:
there might be some confusion with the issue here. The 2009 and 2010 rates say first year rates. I take that to mean that the big cost is only payable as the vehicle leaves the showroom.
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I think you'll find the higher rates are chargable on everything back to 2001, plus the first and second years are even higher.
 
Payment Bands

If your car was registered on or after 1 March 2001, there's a series of tax bands based on on fuel type and CO2 emission levels.

Opt for an alternative fuel to petrol, such as LPG, which has a lower emissions rating, and you'll pay less tax.

There are currently seven payment bands, A to G but as announced in the 2008 budget this is set to rise to 13 bands from 2009. (see table below for details)

The current highest band, band G, was added in the 2006 budget and applies only to cars newly registered after 23 March 2006.

The 2008 budget included the announcement that, from 2010, a different road tax rate will apply in the first year of registration for cars in the lowest four bands and the top six bands.

That text was lifted from the AA, so NO a a car that "would" be in band K today won't be subject to the higher tax rate of 2010 because it was registered after 2001.
 
Hi,

You didn't give a direct link to where you got that text from, so I googled it and found this.

It clearly states (to me anyway) a K band car made between 2001 and 2006 is currently £210 but from next year will be £300 (top band motors made between 01 and 06 are the worse, jumping from £210 to £440 next year).
 
JumboBeef said:
Hi,

You didn't give a direct link to where you got that text from, so I googled it and found this.

It clearly states (to me anyway) a K band car made between 2001 and 2006 is currently £210 but from next year will be £300 (top band motors made between 01 and 06 are the worse, jumping from £210 to £440 next year).
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It does say in my post above that the text was lifted from the AA ;)

However, there is no current K band and the 2010 costs clearly say First Year Rate, that is for the First year of registration.......so a car registered in 2010 will cop for that.....a car manufactured in 2006 would be in it's 4th year of registration

:)
 
digitalfailure said:
However, there is no current K band and the 2010
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No, but it does have a price for 201 to 225 CO2 for 2009/2010, and that is what you'll have to pay for a car made after 2001 with a CO2 of 201 to 225. New cars will have to pay more from 2011 for the first two years.
 
Agreed........so if your going to buy a thirsty car, do it this year because you'll pay twice the amount in road fund.....(anyone else see the irony there) the year after.

Don't forget the 2006 year range limits either ;)
 
yep exactly, i might have to buy something sensible, because aparently the class leading sensible small family car isnt at all sensible unless you want to bend over and get entered by alister darling!!!!!!
 
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