Purchasing a new vehicle - car tax

[garlicbread]

I have been looking at buying a new vehicle and when i visited my local motorpoint branch to see the options i spotted a car i liked. I will not buy it from motorpoint but when looking at the sales information sticker it stated the vehicle was £300 to tax. The vehicle is a diesel mercedes and it is on the 67 plate. Is this correct information or an error ? I was expecting it to be £30 to tax.

[garlicbread]

BenjiS said:

On a 67 plate it must have been registered after Sept 17 so subject to the current tax regime.

That means it’s either £140 per year if it had a list price under 40k, or £450 if it’s list price was over 40k.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

Perhaps the sign meant it was subject to the £310 “over 40k list price” surcharge? Would it have been over that price new?

Thanks for the response and clearing that up for me. The vehicle is a E220 estate would have cost more than £40k new. I suppose this new scheme is another one of the government many ways of fleecing us further.

[Matthen]

garlicbread said:

BenjiS said:

On a 67 plate it must have been registered after Sept 17 so subject to the current tax regime.

That means it’s either £140 per year if it had a list price under 40k, or £450 if it’s list price was over 40k.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

Perhaps the sign meant it was subject to the £310 “over 40k list price” surcharge? Would it have been over that price new?

Thanks for the response and clearing that up for me. The vehicle is a E220 estate would have cost more than £40k new. I suppose this new scheme is another one of the government many ways of fleecing us further.

Hardly. It seems far more sensible and fair than "Tax on emissions."