A letter from VW

[Region3]

The tax on ALL vehicles is changing in 2017 to a flat rate of £140, this includes the cheap cars that are £30 which everybody has bought, right up to your £500 guzzlers. Nothing to do directly with VW issue but stops the worry of what they could cost to tax after new ecu mod.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-excise-duty

Looks like it only applies to cars registered after 1st April 2017, all cars registered before then stick with the current system.

News cars over £40k pay £450 per year for the first 5 years!


This measure reforms Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for cars registered from 1 April 2017 onwards. First Year Rates of VED will vary according to the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the vehicle. A flat Standard Rate (SR) of £140 will apply in all subsequent years, except for zero emission cars which will pay £0. Cars with a list price in excess of £40,000 will incur a supplement of £310 on their SR for the first 5 years in which a SR is paid. All cars registered before 1 April 2017 will remain in the current VED system, which will not change.

 

[Oxfordcomma]

Yup got the same letter for our 2L Audi A4.. it is spreading..

Out of interest vkurup, what version and year is that? I put the VIN for my 15 plate A4 into the online checker and it's telling me that I'm fine, car not affected.

 

[Oxfordcomma]

Looks like it only applies to cars registered after 1st April 2017, all cars registered before then stick with the current system.

News cars over £40k pay £450 per year for the first 5 years!


This measure reforms Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for cars registered from 1 April 2017 onwards. First Year Rates of VED will vary according to the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the vehicle. A flat Standard Rate (SR) of £140 will apply in all subsequent years, except for zero emission cars which will pay £0. Cars with a list price in excess of £40,000 will incur a supplement of £310 on their SR for the first 5 years in which a SR is paid. All cars registered before 1 April 2017 will remain in the current VED system, which will not change.

Any bets on what the list price will be for a lot of models in 2017? My guess is £39,995

 

[vkurup]

Out of interest vkurup, what version and year is that? I put the VIN for my 15 plate A4 into the online checker and it's telling me that I'm fine, car not affected.

its a 62 plates i.e. second half of 2012... I havent checked the online checker, but the letter arrived before it..

 

[Crawfy]

I drive a Passat CC, and would deffo buy another (even now)

Overall a cracking car - looks great, comfortable, fantastic spec and fuel efficiency

Best by far are the emissions.......