Road Tax ... as far as I can understand it:-

My car - a MY00 - is £205 a year, I know because I have just renewed.

An Impreza Turbo registered between 1 March 2001 and 23 March 2006 pay £245.

And, an Impreza Turbo registered after 23 March 2006 pays £425 or £435?

Am I correct in my understanding?

Makes a 56 Plate Impreza Turbo a very expensive beast to run!! That hit year in and year out as the car loses it's value too ...... shocking!

 

Yep that's right. I SORNed my 56 plate STI when it was in API and while it was off the road the tax went up at the month end from the renewal price of £405 to £435.

 

That's why I toyed with the idea of building a 1.5 R hatch project....

To keep the low VEL !

dunx

 

Pete, my new jap import (from new in the UK, 2004 car) is 205 per annum

Tony

 

I have just got rid of my spec d and got a 1995 wrx, and was paying £435 to do less than 2000 miles a year. Its stupid how road tax is worked out, at work i drive a 3.5 ton transit and do at least 15000 miles a year and work only pay £180 a year.

 

Pete have a look at this then could be right up you street

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...our-scoob.html

Tony

 

My Winnebago only cost £195 to tax and that's got a 7.4 litre big block Chevrolet engine!

No logic but I'm not complaining. You'd think they would be encouraging older cars off the road.

 

shouldnt tax be cheaper for newer cars as they have cleaner emissions?

 

They make the rules up as they go along i think

 

same with fuel whatever fuel type is used most in britain will be highest to pay for

 

That funny sound you can hear in the background is tree huggers jumping off Beachy Head

David

 

Yup, that why I purcahsed a MY06 R32 and not a later model; Its £245 as opposed to £425 for same car but six months newer

Jag's £205, with a nice and economical V12 (actually, it puts out less CO than the average de-catted scoob does. )

 

As long as they don't slow me down on the way

 

When I had a 2006 Hawkeye WRX I was paying £405 per year in road fund licence, and yet some small battered smokey old heap could be paying around £35 per year.

I think that the government should scrap the RFL and incorporate it into the fuel tax levy, that way the more miles you do the more tax that you pay.

Does anyone else think this is a good idea? Plus of course there would be no need to have VOSA out doing roadside tax disc checks and of course Mr ****** and his untaxed car would then start paying up to boot.

 

+1 no brainier IMO.... but the politicians will prob do this AND still keep RFL!

 

My JDM 1999 V5 STi is only £190 . It was imported brand new in 1999 as a Grey Import.

 

well chuffed my Bug's an April 01

oh and My Escort Mexico's a couple of months outside the Free tax date of Jan 73

 

My 56-plate Spec D is now £435 year. Not happy but when you look at it its approx £200 more than I would pay anyway. Made me mad when i saw a double decker bus with a tax disc in the window which showed £450! How much CO2 do they pump out?!