I know, Dave.
That’s why I switched to diesel.
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I also find the claim that EVs are responsible for the state of Britain’s roads to be the most Daily Mail thing I’ve read in a week. No, that will be a general increase in road traffic, increase in MGVs and HGVs and fourteen or so years of chronic under funding of road maintenance. Not the 2% of passenger EVs currently on the road that would have been regular cars anyway.
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Ah, but more climate change from more gas guzzlers = less freezing conditions so less potholes failing as a result.
Oh and
Well if the roads freeze up this winter there won’t be a salt shortage.
I drive a Honda ragtop, over the years the tax band has changed but not the engine or emissions, cheapest band for an early car I believe is £165, mine in the 3rd and last band £720, no logic except they need more money, tax us by the mile or the vehicle weight.
The emissions from your vehicle might not have changed, but where it sits on the emissions scale vs other cars almost certainly will have done.
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Yes but still not logical to me, One day difference in reg date makes a big difference in cost but the cheap ones do as much damage.
Oh no, he’s not wrong. It’s really very weird indeed. ICE cars made between April 2006 and (I think) 2017, can be dementedly expensive and exactly the same car made either before or after the cutoff can be drastically cheaper. Case in point, an early Ferrari 458 is knocking on £800pa for road tax. A late model one- exactly the same car remember- has now finished its early years punishment road tax and is £190pa.
Top governmenting. No notes.
I sit corrected!
Yes but you’re missing facts here. The later model cars have revised engine maps, different exhausts and therefore revised emissions targets. It’s not the the exact same car suddenly became cheaper. They are forced to make changes to meet emissions regulations.
If you want cheaper tax, get a car in the lower band, simples
It’s exactly what it is. I have a 55 plate 911 which is absolutely identical to the 06 plate version, except that it was sold before Apr 06 and so has cheaper road tax.
You’re sure the cO2 emissions are identical? It doesn’t take much to revise them for a production run. It happens all the time.
Yep.
Well ain’t that a bugger…
Time to get nysekf a 55 plate porker 
(I actually used to have an 05 plate boxster S)
Mine’s for sale 
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No logic whatsoever for the Glasgow ULEZ and this is just my vehicles.
2015 Skoda Superb 2l SE TDI CR - Tax £35 ULEZ compliant - no
2007 Triumph Tiger 955i - Tax £117 ULEZ compliant - yes
1976 Daimler 4.2l - Tax £0 ULEZ compliant - yes
How the fuck?
They just haven’t decided on the best way to fleece us yet.
It’s coming 'cos they’re gonna get desperate for any form of revenue.
X.
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I’m happy to see that the road tax on my 170 bhp 2015 Alfa will remain at £35 p.a. for 25-26. No complaints. Smug face emoji.
In the case of the 458, the reduction in emissions was to 275g/km which is still in the highest bracket. The last Scuderia models sold at the end of production pay £190 whereas all the ones made before that pay the thick end of £800.
Although to be fair, if you can afford a 458, you can probably afford the £800/year.
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