Gordon Brown and his "Green" budget

[Guest]

So are we all affected by the budget change on car road tax ?

I can't see anything online that clarifies the bandings that helps me work out whether we're due for a double-whammy (more tax through fuel charges plus this £400 rubbish).

 

[pwafer]

I would expect so . . .

Just bend over and take another bout of Tax Abuse....

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[adrian996]

Anyone with a 996/997 - or a boxter for that matter is almost certainly going to have to pay the £400 road tax. Don't quote me, but I think that the average 911 pushes out about 265 grams of CO2 per km and he referred to the "average" car pushing out 160 grams per km. I think that you can safely say that anything over 200 grams is going to get it - but it's probably going to be nearer 160 grams - which could well include your average company car. Don't forget; we're at war with another country and wars have to be paid for!

 

[pwafer]

Not sure about the Boxster... but the lightest smallest engine (c2) is tax band G at 266g/km CO2.

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[David Vickers]

I thought Band G only applied to vehicles registered after 23rd March 2006. So 996's should be in band F.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524

Edited to add link

 

[ScottishSpyder]

Looks like your right. That means my 03/05 997 will be cheaper than the same engined 03/06 997! Wheres the logic in that?

 

[marlin]

How long before we are buying our cars cash, and putting the RFL on finance []

 

[oceancarrera]

Nice to know that a Mk1 GT3 with Manthey race cats is only penalised an extra £5 each year []

 

[Guest]

Just checked and my 996 Facelift is 274G/KM however the point above about the new banding only affecting cars registered after March 23rd 2006 is spot on.

 

[Diesel130]

... which is why I made sure I got a pre-Y reg model 996, so it escapes the CO2 banding

 

[Robertb]

The difference between band F and G is most odd. How long til they're merged I wonder.

Most normal cars are probably in the higher bands. I know a chap with a 4cyl Rover 400 auto which is in the same group as our petrol 4.2 A8!

 

[Diesel130]

ORIGINAL: Robertb

The difference between band F and G is most odd. How long til they're merged I wonder.
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It's not really odd .. the new banding was introduced so that purchasers of new cars have a choice about what they want to buy on the basis that cars of 225 carbons will cost more to tax than than bank Fs. They won't 'back-date' the banding as that would be seen as being (more) unfair on those who had bought before the concept of band G was introduced. That's not to say they won't increase band F's charges in the future though.

Makes a 2000 / early 2001 TT look like a good buy though ... with just 180 to tax