Yes the above is factual and correct but has been that way for a long time, unfair or not it perhaps help to support the second hand prices of Cars of a larger engine size. For over 5 years now I've been paying exactly the same Vehicle Tax for my 4.2 Litre / 400BHP S Type R, as I have been for my 1.8 Litre / 140 BHP Mx-5...I'm not complainingDead right, Mike, biggest con of the century, amazing how it's the CO2 that counts on the ved rate yet the mot checks the CO value !!!Hardly a level playing field, is it?
Two examples of the same car but with the 06 model having VVT and seemingly the same emission output. Source was Parkers as in Pops post above.
XJ350R to 23/03/06. £290. 289-299 g/km.
XJR350R from 23/03/06. £505. 289 g/km.
What does this conclude? In my opinion, its just another way to get more money out of people regardless of emissions which in this case are shown to be a red herring.
Mike
So the presumption is that it is a money raising system that does not have any basis on saving the planet!
Also euro 4 / 5 engines with lower tax rates are only so because they were registered correctly by the supplying dealers ...the very same engine in the same year can be double the tax rates because of this.
Getting a "new" secondhand vehicle get a hold of the v5c and / or check DVLA website for the emissions..don't rely on the year of registration for the rates.
Doug.