Car tax

[wjwren]

A few years ago I had an bmw 645 and as it was registered 2004 then the tax was something like £260 where a 2005 model was £500 odd. Has this all now changed? I was looking at a 2003 911 and this has a co2 of 269g is the tax for this nearly 700 quid?

[Pica-Pica]

Check the Gov website. Easy enough to search.

[wjwren]

I've just done that and I think it's correct at 700! When did all this change?

[MrBen986]

The change date was 25/03/2006. 911s registered before then are circa £395. From that date they are about £695.

Before 01/03/2001 was much simpler system based on engine size, anything over 1549cc is £325.

[davek_964]

As already stated, a 2003 911 should be under £400.

I have an ancient 4.5l Cayenne (2003) - which cost me £360 a couple of months ago,

[CrippsCorner]

My bloody Vauxhall Astra is up to £395 now

[Pablo16v]

Annual tax for a 2003 911 (274g) is £395.

You can do a search on Autotrader and under the running costs section it will tell you the tax rate.

[rotaryjam]

Surely this has to change? Sooner or later some cars tax will be more than the cars worth!

It's such a shame that period between 2006 -2010ish where anything half decent has £700 tax slapped on it e.g. Golf R32, RX8.

[Mr Whippy]

rotaryjam said:

Surely this has to change? Sooner or later some cars tax will be more than the cars worth!

It's such a shame that period between 2006 -2010ish where anything half decent has £700 tax slapped on it e.g. Golf R32, RX8.

It is a bit daft, as if you run them as a second car doing a few thousand miles, you pay disproportionately for the co2 impact.

I’d sooner co2 be flat costed and then an older interesting car can be justified again fairly next to things like aircraft use or whatnot.

[bencollins4]

rotaryjam said:

Surely this has to change? Sooner or later some cars tax will be more than the cars worth!

It's such a shame that period between 2006 -2010ish where anything half decent has £700 tax slapped on it e.g. Golf R32, RX8.

It’s pretty much between 2006 - 2017 where interesting stuff is £700 ish. 2017 reg cars are the sweet spot now for tax as they are coming out of the ‘luxury’ tax period that runs for 5 years after the first years tax.

I wouldn’t hold your breath for any reductions…..ever. Pretty sure any one car will never be cheaper to tax than it was the year before.

[rotaryjam]

bencollins4 said:

It’s pretty much between 2006 - 2017 where interesting stuff is £700 ish. 2017 reg cars are the sweet spot now for tax as they are coming out of the ‘luxury’ tax period that runs for 5 years after the first years tax.

I wouldn’t hold your breath for any reductions…..ever. Pretty sure any one car will never be cheaper to tax than it was the year before.

Interesting thanks, didn't know it went on that long.

[Boxster5]

I take great pleasure in telling anyone that’s interested that the car tax on my 718 Boxster is only £220. Registered in January 2017 so missed the £40k “luxury car tax” rip-off premium!
I did have a 2007 Boxster 987S and that was something like £540 which I really resented - kept it a year and got rid. Eventually bought a gen2 Boxster 987S which was a more reasonable £340 or so at the time.
I really begrudge paying excessive road tax.

[davek_964]

My 2016 car was £630 this year

[KTMsm]

wjwren said:

A few years ago I had an bmw 645 and as it was registered 2004 then the tax was something like £260 where a 2005 model was £500 odd. Has this all now changed?

I was looking at a 2003 911 and this has a co2 of 269g is the tax for this nearly 700 quid?

That's not right - whats the reg no. ?

Register at TotalCarCheck - for free and it gives loads of info, including car tax cost

[soad]

And I thought £240 was bad for a 1.6 petrol.

[stupidbutkeen]

07 tt 3.2 was 705 quid this year. Cars only worth around 3k . To top it off I give it a full service all parts needed came to 245 out of euro carports next up is top mounts 4 tyres and a heldex service so another 1k.

Gotta look after the toys though.

[Philvrs]

stupidbutkeen said:

07 tt 3.2 was 705 quid this year. Cars only worth around 3k . To top it off I give it a full service all parts needed came to 245 out of euro carports next up is top mounts 4 tyres and a heldex service so another 1k.

Gotta look after the toys though.

Username checks out

[Chedders]

CrippsCorner said:

My bloody Vauxhall Astra is up to £395 now

Same as my Mini Cooper S

[davek_964]

stupidbutkeen said:

07 tt 3.2 was 705 quid this year. Cars only worth around 3k . To top it off I give it a full service all parts needed came to 245 out of euro carports next up is top mounts 4 tyres and a heldex service so another 1k.

Gotta look after the toys though.

That's insane.

No offense to your choice of car - but you paid £75 more to tax a TT than I paid to tax a McLaren!

[stupidbutkeen]

davek_964 said:

stupidbutkeen said:

07 tt 3.2 was 705 quid this year. Cars only worth around 3k . To top it off I give it a full service all parts needed came to 245 out of euro carports next up is top mounts 4 tyres and a heldex service so another 1k.

Gotta look after the toys though.

That's insane.

No offense to your choice of car - but you paid £75 more to tax a TT than I paid to tax a McLaren!

Tbh I bought the car knowing it was expensive but man maths and the fact i pay 0 tax on the other 2 cars ( 2016 lexus hybrid and a 81 mini) mean's the mad price for the tt is okish.