Petrol car registered as diesel

[8Ace]

My shed of a focus has been given the last rites so I'm looking for its replacement. I'm quite tempted by this car

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202102279...

as I love a Jag and it looks nice and clean, but for some reason when I look up its MOT history it's showing as being registered as a diesel. Having not come across this before, is it something that I should run from? There's not much around at the moment and this one ticks all the boxes and would be just what I'm after.

[mudster]

Shows as petrol on Totalcarcheck website complete with the £565 tax.

[8Ace]

Thanks for that. Had completely forgotten about the tax rate so thanks for reminding me. Think I'll give this one a miss then!

[jjwilde]

mudster said:

Shows as petrol on Totalcarcheck website complete with the £565 tax.

Some cars around that age must cost more to tax than they are worth now? Do people end up giving them away?

[DaveH23]

Odd that it's listed differently on 2 gov.uk sites, other sites I could understand.

Diesel on the MOT checker but petrol on the Tax Checker.

[ruggedscotty]

my first car was a 957cc petrol fiesta..

I checked the car a while back and it showed as a 1.6 diesel.

either a mistake, or the engine blew up and they replaced it with a diesel as the reast of the car was ok.