£210 TAX!?!?!?!?!?!!?!

=Mac= · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:24

£210 tax for "larger engined cars"

Cheers Gord.

mac

paradigm · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:27

=Mac= said:
£210 tax for "larger engined cars"

Cheers Gord.

mac

Do we not know what bracket "larger engined cars" are though? Or is that yet to be announced.

Phantom · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:27

whats defined as a larger engined car? 3litre+ ?

Hate · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:27

only the top 1% "most polluting" while the least polluting cars get no tax.

good, i say.

Dr Who · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:27

Jeez when will they drop that crap, they make enough from petrol as it is...

Motorist+Labour=bottomless pit

:rolleyes:

Firestar_3x · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:27

bbc said:
He cut road tax to zero for the smallest cars but put it up to £210 for the most polluting cars.

bad_ass_neil · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:27

is that 1.5+ then or another size?

paradigm · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:29

bad_ass_neil said:
is that 1.5+ then or another size?

I'm guessing it will be a lot larger than that.

Dr Who · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:30

Firestar_3x said:
He cut road tax to zero for the smallest cars but put it up to £210 for the most polluting cars.

The thing is, that people who buy the 3+ litre cars that cause a problem, ie chelsea tractors, will just pay that without issue...

It doesnt solve the problem of all those huge polluting cars being on the road, just makes more cash for the govt...

I am alo asuming that my 15mpg 1200 car would be exempt from this higher road tax...

=Mac= · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:32

Dr Who said:
I am alo asuming that my 15mpg 1200 car would be exempt from this higher road tax...

Doesnt stop them bending you over for the fuel prices.

bad_ass_neil · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:34

"new large cars that use a lot of fuel" will pay the extra money
from the bbc

WTF is that ment to mean? its a bit vague

Firestar_3x · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:34

BBC news says £210 on New cars didn't say about existing motors.

cymatty · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:36

So that will be 3 different tiers of tax depending upon age of the car wtf is that all about.

oweneades · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:37

That seems like quite a good idea. (I pay almost half normal tax anyway as my car is in the lowest emissions band anyway)

It would help if they actually explained what the large engines included. Mind you 210 isn't much more than the 160 it is now anyway.

Dr Who · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:38

=Mac= said:
Doesnt stop them bending you over for the fuel prices.

I know, but luckily I have the car in cyprus now where 100octane is 70p a litre

D4VE · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:40

The top 1% of most polluting cars.
So, itll probably be 5litre cars - Jags, M5 etc and lets face it, they can afford it.

Brilliant idea.

paradigm · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:40

oweneades said:
That seems like quite a good idea. (I pay almost half normal tax anyway as my car is in the lowest emissions band anyway)

It would help if they actually explained what the large engines included. Mind you 210 isn't much more than the 160 it is now anyway.

Not much more?

Its 31.25% more.

D4VE · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:41

oweneades said:
That seems like quite a good idea. (I pay almost half normal tax anyway as my car is in the lowest emissions band anyway)

It would help if they actually explained what the large engines included. Mind you 210 isn't much more than the 160 it is now anyway.

its 170 at the moment mate, not 160

FakeSnake · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:41

Looks like it will be based on CO2 emissions. Just been listening to Jeremy Vine, who has been covering it.

Now I have to find out how I will be affected with my Jeep running on LPG, as that should' affect it.

Nozzer · 22 Mar 2006 at 13:50

It's done on emissions, not engine size, fuel economy or '4x4'ness.

£40 increase a year isn't going to stop anyone buying any sort of car.