Just been watching the news & was interested to hear about the new rates for car tax starting next year....just wondered how this will affect you?

Will you be better off or worse off?

I am happy as mine will be £20 a year shame about the cost of diesel though....dread to think what it will be in 2009


New car tax rates for 2009
(on cars registered from 2001)

Car tax - vehicle excise duty - is changing from 2009, with vehicles classified according to the levels of carbon dioxide they emit - good news for those with environmentally-friendly cars, bad news for owners of more polluting vehicles, who also face a "showroom tax" payable in the first year after puchase.

If you know your car's CO2 emissions, use the table below to find out the band it is in and the tax you will be paying, or find out what band your car is in by checking the Vehicle Certification Agency calculators.

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Tax band CO2 emissions (g/km) 2009-10 From 2010-11 Typical car % drivers
paying more
Annual Tax Annual tax 'Showroom' tax

A Up to 100 - - - VW Polo Bluemotion 1.4 Tdi (diesel) -

B 101-110 £20 £20 - Skoda Fabia Estate Greenline (diesel) -

C 111-120 £30 £35 - Mazda 2 1.4 (diesel) -

D 121-130 £90 £95 - Kia Picanto 1.1 (petrol) -

E 131-140 £110 £115 £115 Renault Clio 1.2 Quickshift (petrol) -

F 141-150 £120 £125 £125 Ford Fiesta 1.2 Zetec Climate (petrol)* -

G 151-160 £150 £155 £155 BMW 3 Series 2.0 320D SE (diesel)* -

H 161-170 £175 £180 £250 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec Climate (petrol)* 60%

I 171-180 £205 £210 £300 Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 Life E4 (petrol)* 100%

J 181-200 £260 £270 £425 Land Rover Freelance 2.2 TD4 GS (diesel)* 100%

K 201-225 £300 £310 £550 Peugeot 407 saloon 2.0 Auto (petrol) 100%

L 226-255 £415 £430 £750 Peugeot 807 2.0 Auto (petrol) 100%


M Over 255 £440 £455 £950 Land Rover Sport Auto 3.6 TDV8 (diesel) 100%


*These cars were the UK's five most popular in 2007, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.


Examples of cars in other tax bands provided by the AA.
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Ok, so which cabinet minister owns lots of shares in Skoda manufacturing?

Fuel prices are high enough as it is!

Another way for the bloodsucking government to fleece us of our hard earned!

Doesnt affect me.. I drive but don't have a car at the moment.

I drive a 1983 Escort Cabby, so I take it that my tax price will stay the same?

I WAS going to buy a new car soon, but I think I will hold off for a minute....

bunch of robbing gits, thank god im getting a company car soon

It is sad that the government decide to heavily tax something which is a necessity for most people.

I work 30 miles from home, and need my car to get there every day. Living in Cornwall, our bus services are not really bad, but unless you want to head into a town, you won't get much luck.

They may as well do the same thing with food!

Lillybet - Some companies make you tax your own company car.

I hope that isn't the case for you.

The older cars stay the same, mine is band B so is low emmisions so will go down to £20 a year, so Megs if you get a newer one (2001 onwards) you need to go for the lower emmision ones
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I just wonder what a lot of people like myself are supposed to do with their cars.
My astra was first registered in March '01 so I believe it just makes it into the new taxation system, and it's a 2.2 sri version that is immaculate, and unmodified. Due to it's 211grams of co2 (or whatever the arbitrary measurement is that the governmad decides to use) it will cost a whole load more to tax.
I love my car. It's a necessity not a luxury to own a car these days so I might as well have a nice one. And I dont do much mileage so actually pollute a lot less than someone who commutes daily in a car within the lowest tax bands.
And it's a fact that the figures are all skewed and undefinable anyways, as to cover the same distance in a car with a smaller engine just means that the engine has to make more revolutions, so it wears out more quickly, and becomes much less economical, even within months of first registration (have you seen how many fail the emissions tests at their first MOT, at only 3 years old!?).
But a lot of it is all irrelevent anyway - the governmad sees the motorist as a ready source of revenue, through 'safety' cameras, road tax, purchase tax, fuel tax, vat on these items, and the revenue derived from associated sources, like the insurance business, garages for MOTs and servicing, and then there's congestion charges, road tolls etc etc.......I could go on.
Bottom line is that the governmad will do whatever the hell they like to pump Joe Public for any more cash it can get its hands on, without any care for how they're ruining the economy and the lives of all decent hardworking people, and the changes to the road tax are not fooling anyone - I don't believe that any of it is going to be invested in better roads, 'greener' technology, or improved public transport, it hasnt been for the past 10 years so I see no reason why that is likely to change.
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Within about the next ten years only the rich in this country will be able to have cars.