Porsche is to challenge plans to raise London’s Congestion Charge to £25-a-day for high polluting vehicles, it has been reported.
The company argues the proposals will not lower emissions in the Capital, and is understood to be seeking a judicial review into the new charges.
Practically all Porsche models qualify for the new charge and the firm said the new rules are ‘disproportionate’.
London mayor Ken Livingstone last week gave the green light for a £25 charge to start on October 27.
Cars with the lowest CO2 emissions (Bands A and B) will receive a 100 per cent discount, which the Mayor hopes will make people go green.
Porsche is said to be planning to write to the mayor’s office informing him of its intention to ask for a judicial review.
If the carmaker does not get the response it is looking for the next step is to ask the courts for an order to quashing the new charge.
The mayor’s office has argued that it is not necessary to drive a large polluting car.
But Andy Goss, managing director of Porsche GB, said: ‘A massive congestion charge increase is quite simply unjust.
‘Thousands of car owners will be hit by a disproportionate tax which clearly will have a very limited effect on CO2 emissions.’
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