Unfair vehicle taxation

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Iv'e got a 06 2.5 td warrior, great for towing horse trailer, boat and caravan, does about 30 mpg, prety low geared should have a 6th for cruising but hey ho, tax is about £ 600pa, last 4wd I had was a pajero 2.5 td a few years older also 2.5 td almost identical engine but an auto did about 22mpg, tax was £275pa.
If higher taxation is about polution surely the least poluting should be cheaper, so the warrior being more economical should in my mind be the same as the older pajero if not less, how is this not so ?
 
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The taxation regime has changed. It does, that from time to time.

In recent times, for cars registered prior to 2001, it went on engine size - under or over 1500cc.

For cars registered between 2001 and 2017, it went on CO2 emissions, which were directly related to fuel consumption, so thirsty cars (which were all high CO2 emitters) paid more.

For those registered since 2017, the government in power at the time, went over to an utterly bizarre and complicated system, whereby the tax goes on CO2 emissions at first, and in the first year following registration ONLY, it's similar to the old system - getting more expensive as the CO2 emissions get higher. After that, whether it's a 10 mile-per-gallon 7 litre V8 or a 60 mile-per-gallon small diesel, it goes to a flat rate of £190. In addition, from the 2nd to the 5th year of the car's life, if it cost over £40k, you need to pay an additional £600 a year.

www.gov.uk

Vehicle tax rates

Tables showing the rates for vehicle tax for different types of vehicle.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk

Of course, that could all change in the budget...
 
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My Volvo is ideal for towing , zero road tax , up to 65mpg.(2014)
ULEZ compliant .
 
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We recently bought a 2016 diesel car, it's £20 a year to tax. The identical 2017 model is around £160.

It's a low mileage £8k car that we'll probably keep for 10 years so the £1,400 saving (and a bit more on the purchase price because it's a year older) is quite significant.

Always worth checking when car shopping because there's no logic to it. My 2010 diesel is £250 - made worse by the fact it now only does 3k miles a year but when we swapped cars around it was the best one to keep for condition reasons (the other car was an older one with exactly the same engine but a bit lighter so £160 - despite it doing 9k miles a year.
 
It's just an arbitrarily drawn line at a particular point in time. My parents have a 2001 diesel Freelander. Annual tax is £415. If they'd bought the same vehicle registered the previous year, it would have been £345.
 
carmanmemoranda said:
The whole road tax system is ripe for a total overhaul.
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Right now (assuming the cars are all in the same charge band) if Fred has two cars and does 5,000 miles per year in each, and Joe has 1 car and does 20,000 miles per year in it, Joe pays half what Fred does despite doing twice as many miles.
 
morqthana said:
Right now (assuming the cars are all in the same charge band) if Fred has two cars and does 5,000 miles per year in each, and Joe has 1 car and does 20,000 miles per year in it, Joe pays half what Fred does despite doing twice as many miles.
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Fuel tax.
 
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