New insurance groups?

[Pints]

Browsing Parkers and I notice there seems to be a new categorisation of insurance groups. My Golf was a 13 but now it's listed as a 27. The Focus was a 9, now listed as 18.
MX5 was (a day or two ago) listed as 11, now showing as 22

Have a missed something? Does somebody know what's up with this?

I've searched but nothing 2comes up, so apologies in advance if this is a pearoast.

[rastamanblues]

The groups have gone from previously being 20, to 50.

[Marf]

http://www.thatcham.org/research/index.jsp?page=33

"In 2007, the number of insurance groups was expanded from 1-20 to 1-50. Insurance companies have until December 2009 to migrate to the new 1-50 system."

[Conor D]

Instead of 1-20 they now go 1-50, alot of places are still using (and displaying) the old rating. I think it's to be more specific at the top end, instead of something like a Veyron and an Impreza both being Group 20, they can now differ between them with 40-50 for example.

[kambites]

The Elise has gone from 20 to 44 I think.

[Pints]

Hmmm... I must have missed that memo.

[PetrolHeadSeb]

Seems like some cars have been scaled down a bit... MX-5 going from 11/20 to 22/50. My Saxo VTS has is now group 27, was previously 14.

[kambites]

As above, I think the new system was introduced because there was too much variance in group-20. So basically "ordinary" cars have been scaled up x2, and group 20 spread out over the top 10 of the new groups. Or something like that.

Edited by kambites on Saturday 23 October 18:53

[anonymous-user]

My 323ci has gone from a group 15 to a group 31.

Will this mean cheaper insurance..... I doubt it.

[Pints]

kambites said:

As above, I think the new system was introduced because there was too much variance in group-20. So basically "ordinary" cars have been scaled up x2, and group 20 spread out over the top 10 of the new groups. Or something like that.

Edited by kambites on Saturday 23 October 18:53

That would certainly be consistent with my findings. Off to check what category an Impreza WRX STI now sits in...