Tax

[madhatter1960]

Hi, can anyone on here please throw any light as to why my 2007 SAAB Aero 9-5 HOT is £445.00 for the year. Its daylight robbery, modern cars are supposed to have more efficient engines. My friend has a OMEGA 2.6 2003 & he pay £245 for the year. I think the TAX banding must be wrong.
Many thanks for taking the time to read this.
Paul

[shortie]

try this and compare with your v5 the price you quote appears how big is your engine my 2002 range rover with a 4.4 petrol was half that i would challenge that as the code on the v5 might be wrong


http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...le/DG_10012524

[shortie]

just had a quick look on the autotrader and if your car is 2.3 265bhp then it is band L ie 445 a year did you check the tax before you bought?

good luck with it mate

[madhatter1960]

Hi, mine is the 2.3 260bhp. These engines are supposed to be ECO engines. I think someone has got this all wrong. No i didn't check what tax bracket it was in, i checked everything else, but not that. I just traded my Kia Sedona 2.9 crdt for it. I only bought it as we have 4 dogs & it has a good size boot for them.
Thanks
Paul

[Blueflame]

Hi the car tax banding system changed a few years ago, but there was a hold placed on cars emitting above 225g CO2 registered before 2006. therefore the older cars fall into a maximum cape bracket currently £270 12 months.

I begrudge paying road tax too. I only do about 6k a year so motoring for me is expensive too. insurance is a joke too. Best get off my soapbox.

I worry that newer high performance cars / 4x4's are to become unsellable in a few years if the recession stays.