Top ten Cars
The announcement that Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is to switch fundamentally from April one st two thousand seventeen was one of the genuine shocks of the two thousand fifteen budget. The good news is that it doesn’t affect your existing car, but if you’re planning on ever buying a fresh car after 2017, the bad news is that you could face a substantial extra car tax payment.
If you don’t want that to happen, here are twenty cars you should think very cautiously about before buying – these are 2017’s thickest VED losers. We’ve looked at the cost over a six-year period because the £310 ‘premium’ supplement for cars over £40,000 applies for the very first five years that the standard rate is payable, after the separate very first year charge.
How much is my road tax?
Land Rover Discovery SDV6 SE (£41,600)
Six-year VED total at two thousand fifteen rate: £2090
Six-year VED total at two thousand seventeen rate: £3450
The Land Rover Discovery is an enormously good do-it-all 4×4, at once a decent off roader and a luxurious family car. But it’s getting on a little now, and its engines are increasingly looking dirty, which means that even a base model SDV6 will cost a whopping £3450 in tax over six years from 2017. 
Comments
Bill shepherd on twenty six January two thousand seventeen
Hi I have a two thousand five Citroen C3 diesel 1560cc CO (g/km 0.188) can you please tell me what my VED/ road fund licence will be. [email protected]
HJ Editor on twenty seven January two thousand seventeen
Hi Bill. There’s no switch to existing cars – the fresh VED rates only apply to cars registered from April one 2017. So your C3 will stay the same.
John Walkden on five February two thousand seventeen
Edited by John Walkden on 05/02/2017 at Ten:48
Starcard on twelve February two thousand seventeen
Does this only affect brand fresh cars? If I buy a used car from April two thousand seventeen will that be affected ?
on fifteen February two thousand seventeen
But surly the Manufacturers can reduce the list price on future modles from £40650 to £39999.
on twenty one February two thousand seventeen
I am a little confused by the fresh VED injecting in on 1st April two thousand seventeen and have two questions.
HJ Editor on twenty one February two thousand seventeen
Hi Peter, the fresh rates only apply to cars registered after April one 2017.
Existing cars will stay in their current bands – so for now your Rover won’t switch and neither will the X-Trail or Sorento.
Dave wilson on twenty four February two thousand seventeen
I have Kia Sedona Two.9 injection how much is my tax going to be
Rich49 on twenty nine April two thousand seventeen
I have a Two.Five litre Rover seventy five 2002 that I had to SORN due to financial difficulties but now want to put back on the road. As it has a rating of 249g CO2 the DVLA website now shows this as £520 when it was below £300 before. Is this a mistake?
Hi John: Do you think that diesel fuel prices will increase any time soon owing to the latest emissions ratings and will the VED on used diesel cars will increase in future. Thanks: alseasidepal.
Simon Oxley on eleven June two thousand seventeen
A point which seems to have been lost in the statement “for older vehicles, there will be no switch” is that this legislation means that people with older cars paying historically higher rates of VED are stuck paying that for the duration of the life of the car whilst those with fresh cars drop back to the fresh standard rate after six years. For example I have a ten year old Mercedes five hundred in which I do around six thousand miles per year for which I have to pay £535 annual VED. Someone who buys a fresh Ferrari today pays £2000 VED in the very first year and then £450 for five years followed by £140 a year. How can this be considered to be even vaguely equitable?
Colin Siddle on twenty six June two thousand seventeen
A point which seems to have been lost in the statement “for older vehicles, there will be no switch” is that this legislation means that people with older cars paying historically higher rates of VED are stuck paying that for the duration of the life of the car whilst those with fresh cars drop back to the fresh standard rate after six years. For example I have a ten year old Mercedes five hundred in which I do around six thousand miles per year for which I have to pay £535 annual VED. Someone who buys a fresh Ferrari today pays £2000 VED in the very first year and then £450 for five years followed by £140 a year. How can this be considered to be even vaguely equitabl
I wholeheartedly agree with you.I have a similar problem with my ten Year old Saab Sport Wagon, earlier and later modelsattract a lower VED for the same emissions, 230g/km.I do approximately four thousand miles a year. We do need to do something to attempt redress this grossly unfair system.