ouch - road tax

[lilelvis2000]

What beats me is how vehicles that cost 5X more than what a family saloon costs only pay 2X the tax? and £400 for a Mondeo seems quite steep.

My sympathies to my neighbour who has four kids and drives a minivan.

Looks like whatever he gets in Tax Credit will be taken back by the road tax.

[DimPrawn]

A 2nd hand car is very environmentally friendly. A lot of energy and materials are need to make a new car.

[milanbenes]

correct me if I am wrong,

these rules don't apply to cars older than 2001 which will stay at 200£ adjusted for inflation each year of course

this would suggest the people who will get hurt in the long run are the car manufacturers and the fleet on britains roads will become really old like in Sweden

never seen so many bangers as in sweden

This will be excellent for second hand values of older cars

maybe the whole plan is actually one of conseration to get people to run their cars for longer before s/c/r/a/p/p/i/n/g them

Milan.

[Katie]

My car is going up by £5 a year and that is post 00 reg.

[ratewhore]

My 4x4 is only going up a bit so not too bad overall...

[PAH]

Isn't thing going to drop the values of post 00 reg second-hand cars, and possibly increase slightly the values of older cars - particularily those with larger engines?

What happens if we buy a recent car then slap a big naughty V8 in it?
Does it have to be re-classed or are modified cars exempt?

[PAH]

The increments are a bit strange:

20, 10, 60, 20, 30, 25, 30, 55, 40, 115, 35.

Couldn't they have come up with something even more random?

tim

Aren't those the numbers from Lost?

[tim123]

The increments are a bit strange:

20, 10, 60, 20, 30, 25, 30, 55, 40, 115, 35.

Couldn't they have come up with something even more random?

tim

[gadgetman]

On that page there's a link to a list of cars and bands, only thing is my model appears 5 times on the list. Anywhere else you can get a more descriptive/definitive list?

[expat]

My car was registered in 2000, £200 tax for me rising with inflation so £4 a year if the BoE does it's job properly.

Are you sure the government will use its own figures for inflation?

[Moscow Mule]

My car was registered in 2000, £200 tax for me rising with inflation so £4 a year if the BoE does it's job properly.

[lilelvis2000]

Looks like I get to keep my S reg VW forever now. Was considering moving 'up' to a 2002 or so automatic Honda...but will have to keep manually changing gears for a looonnnng time now.

Anyone want a P reg Mazda cheap?

Isn't thing going to drop the values of post 00 reg second-hand cars, and possibly increase slightly the values of older cars - particularily those with larger engines?

[DiscoStu]

My 119 g/km of CO2 diesel costs me £35 a year in road tax

Doesn't help you, I know, but it's the one consolation of driving such a nasty little car.

[DimPrawn]

Perhaps Lucy can setup and online petition to Brown and instead of marching, carrying a banner, raising awareness, we could click on a button?

[scooterscot]

That's me up to £450 a year now...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...nbudget114.xml

If this was France people would be out on the street torching buildings.

Has anyone got more Vaseline I'm drying up...