The Zohan

Mate has a 04 mini cooper does antyone know what the ved will be after the changes, is there a list?

googleing comes up as CO2 Emissions, 207.0 g/km

Abdabz

Dunno mate, but I hope she doesnt fall foul

FlightMan

Road tax - Parker's

EddScott

Think its 210, 300, 310 year on year for next 3.

Paul3446

Had to chuckle yesterday, Gordon Brown said "Focus owners would be better off under the new tax bands". Cameron pointed out that of the 40 different models of Focus, 37 would be higher tax and 3 would be lower.

You have to love the way that politicians use stats to argue their point, he wasn't actually lying coz the statement was true, but very misleading.

PeteBrant

How harsh is this?... Look...

Subaru Impreza Saloon (93-01)
Turbo 2000 4WD 4dRates effective from 13 March 2008

Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band CO2 (g/km)
1 Mar 1994 – 1 Mar 2001 £101.75 £185.00
1 Mar 2001 – 24 May 2001 £115.50 £210.00


Same car, same engine, same emmisions....

Paul3446

...same government, same sh*t!

The Zohan

How very true, how many time have i heard a politician say something with gravity and convition and have tto think, hold on a min, that's not right, They lie,mislead and fudge facts and figs to suit themsleves and thier party.

I take pretty much everything with a pich of salt - I also always enjoy listening to the likes of John Humpries picking their, ststements agruments and falsehoods apart - thank god for the likes of him!

lozgti

We bought an 04 2.5 petrol X trail.

It is flipping 2wd 99% of the time.

It is basically a big estate car that carries our family and the bumph.

Next year our tax will double to over £400 and I am livid.

It's just a flipping estate car.I presume Volvo family will get shafted too along with Espace family etc.

The plan was to keep it for 10 years which I thought was better than keep buying new cars that increase pollution in their production.

I am sick to death of this lot

Mind you,I think it is yet another lemon of a policy which will only add to how much the country detests them.Not good if you are trying to attract voters

j4ckos mate

we need an election asap, they are a shower of *****

lozgti

Ha! Looks like the are screwing the whole car market,big,small,4x4,used cars.

So how much will that cost the economy.

Gordon Brown's car tax rise hits 4x4 sales - Telegraph

Just how daft are they???????

PeteBrant

You could argue to the policy has worked

Type of car Fall in sales (May 2007 - May 2008)

Super mini eg Ford Fiesta -0.9%

Smaller family eg Ford Focus -8.3%

Larger family eg BMW 3 Series -4.5%

Sports eg Audi TT -14.5%

4x4seg Honda CR-V -18.3%

AVERAGE -3.5%

Of course given the economic climate, new car sales will one of the first things to suffer.

stilover

Even Tony Blair is twisting the knife.
What goes around Gordon, comes around.

stilover

And by bringing in these new Tax rises, is actually going to cost the Government dear.
New car sales down. We (British car buyers) pay a hell of a lot of money in VAT on new car prices.

Wonder what Tax they'll increase/bring in to compensate?

PeteBrant

Wont need to - It will be recovered in showroom tax .


Of course this is on *new* car sales. So the retrospective aspect is completely irrelevant.

lozgti

Well,maybe like so many companies,maybe car companies will also think stuff you UK and your crippling taxes that screw people and our businesses.

Think everything Labour have tried recently has not 'mildly annoyed' people/companies,it has had serious economic cosequences in a backward way.Look at all the companies looking to get out of the Uk

PaulC72

it does come to something when your own party members say you can't do that like some have been on this tax issue, i doubt any other country would suffer an additional tax on vehicles that have been already bought which is what the new increases do.
It makes me wonder whn are the Mp's going to start travelling around in Priuses etc and lead from the front

PeteBrant

I think they should be made to drive around in a 2002 focus

Leslie

Make the scaly buggers walk!

Les

SlimJ_2005

Yes, and make them use public transport everyday so they might actually be able to figure out just why people still use their cars!!

bob r

iTrader: (46)

Well I find standing at a bus stop in the p!ssing rain and standing up on a White knuckle ride(or peeling chewing gum off the **** of my trousers) quite a challenge in the morning.
Perhaps the politicians would. (if they did ever get on a bus)