Road Tax Pricing

[DR Motosport]

At the "Big Meet" earlier today, a few of us were talking about Road Tax prices.

At the November mini Budget, the rules were changed again. No longer are car from 2001-2006 going to be hit with the £400 expected tax.

A few today weren't aware of this, but here is a link to the DVLA web-site with all the latest changes I was talking about.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ownin...hicle/DG_172916

About half way down the page, the key parts is this quote.

*Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006. These will stay in Band K.

Which means from 1st April 2009, your road tax will be £215, and £245 for 2010.

This only applies to cars from 1st March 2001 to 23rd March 2006. Damn site better than the expected £400.

Actually still doesn't affect to me.

Because I imported my JDM STi new 6 years ago, it never had an emissions value, so mine stays at £185

David

Edited January 26, 2009 by DR Motosport

[jf_wrx_2004]

nice one mate did not know this, will save pounds now

[~ ~ Cal ~~]

Nice of these tools to do a u-turn now..........when I got my first road tax reminder for the 2.5 L Wagon it was £400. That's when I though it time to punt it on.

I am now paying £185 for the classic and £145 for my diesel A4 Avant.

You wonder how long they'll keep the rates down for !?

Cal

[jf_wrx_2004]

knowing the A**HOLES in power not long

[sti pretender]

Type R was registered Feb 2008 lucky not CO2 figure so still £185.

[irish al]

What about JDM imports ?

I have a 55 plate but it was first registered in UK in April 2007.

I assume "Date First Registered" is based on when it was registered in UK and not where it came from.

Will it be K or M ??

[stum450n]

Woohoo! Thanks for getting that up, I hadn't heard the news!

[colzo]

Best news I've heard today. Was dreading / trying to justify paying £400 for road tax.

[karps]

still having to pay £400

[DR Motosport]

What about JDM imports ?

I have a 55 plate but it was first registered in UK in April 2007.

I assume "Date First Registered" is based on when it was registered in UK and not where it came from.

Will it be K or M ??

Lyndsey did say you had just paid £400, so they must be looking at the 2007 registration date rather than the 2005 manufacturing date.

The JDM imports are a strange one, they aren't mentioned on the DVLA web-site.

When I bought mine, it came into the UK under the older SVA rules - hence no emission figure.

But a few years later this was changed to the ESVA, and from then a CO figure from the model report was used.

Although there does seem to be some exceptions to those rules too. I'm sure Dipsy told me he has a CO figure but still cheap road tax. He would need to confirm that - it was a while ago we talked about it.

I would argue that your car is a 55 plate, manufactured in 2005, and would be valued for trade-ins or insurance payouts as a 2005 / 55 plate. So why pay higher road tax for a 2007 model. That's the route I would go down, probably not get anywhere, but worth a try.

David

Edited January 26, 2009 by DR Motosport

[sti pretender]

I know Jimser imported his Spec C the same time as me last year had it SVA'd but got no CO2 figure on his documents and is only paying £185.

[thewelsho]

still having to pay £400

me anaw - pash!

[iainc]

me anaw - pash!

Aye... another mug here too... if only the car was a few months older it'd have still been in the cheaper tax bracket (despite being the exact same car)

[20kendo]

Got a jdm bugeye late last year fully expecting to get hit for the 400

when the v5 came back - took 2 months - no co2 reading classed as

a private light goods hence 185, seems to be a bit random how they

class your car!