Road tax, C02 and the RS4...

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Road tax, C02 and the RS4...

Post by neckarsulm » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:07 pm

I don't suppose many people care about a few quid on road tax when our cars do 20mpg(ish) but I can't help thinking that there is a divide amongst B5 RS4s in that the earlier cars on an X plate registered pre March 2001 will always pay the basic PLG road tax for cars over 1549cc of £180 (just gone up from £175) while the later cars (Y reg onwards) are subject to the CO2 based Petrol Car rate which for cars over 185 g/km is now £205.00

I doubt this will have any effect on values unless the government ramp up that CO2 based rate (unlikely as they wont be stopping any more going on the road if they do this, just devaluing cars already on road) but can anyone tell me what the C02 emmissions for an RS4 are and what was the previous price of a tax disc before yesterday's increase?

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Post by boxerdogted » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:07 pm

C02 Emmisions for my 2001 RS4 is 288 G/KM.
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Post by timba » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:21 pm

I just renewed my car tax online and they only charged me £190 ;-)

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Post by boxerdogted » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:12 am

I had better do mine then as it is due at the end of the month.
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Post by boxerdogted » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:52 am

Woops to late should have done it yesterday.
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Post by neckarsulm » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:11 am

cheers boxterdogted - so it was £190 and now £205
288 g/km puts it well into the infamous band G of gas guzzlers which is 225 g/km >
Presumably a new RS4 would be in this band and would cost £300 to tax.

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Post by easto » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:43 am

I paid 190 at end of Jan. Mines a Y
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Post by blackb1ade » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:01 pm

Just taxed mine - yup, thanks a lot GB, 205 quid! (and the RX8 [also GBP205] at the same time...wish I'd done that on monday instead....doh)

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Post by JamesL » Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:20 pm

Worth noting re. the congestion charge - Pre 2001 cars less than 3000cc are not in band G, no matter how much Co2 they pump out.

So RS4's will probably be the most high performing cars in Central London, that won't have to pay the £25/day charge.

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Post by quattrokid1 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:00 pm

300 quid this year, 400 next iirc
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Post by neckarsulm » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:23 pm

I paid £180 for a year last month (Jan 08 ) due to being on an X reg.
Boring bit of trivia - up to X reg is 'Private Light Goods' (PLG) which means no emissions based road tax. Y reg onwards is 'Petrol Car' with emissions bandings.

It is nice to pay less but in the great scheme of things even £300 isn't that much more, just £10 per month.
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Post by cpt_splash » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:42 am

Mine came through today, £180. Mine is a 2000 X-reg. Just seems odd how one model can have 3 levels of tax.
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Post by quattrokid1 » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:50 am

neckarsulm wrote: It is nice to pay less but in the great scheme of things even £300 isn't that much more, just £10 per month.
ITS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE MATTER...we pay roadtax to help PAY for the upkeep of the road network NOT to spend it on anything and everything else and THEN tax 80% on fuel.

IF the money was purely invested in the transport methods in the Uk....we would have TGV style trains, French quality roads and cheaper travel. Now the government has it in thier thick heads oh lets tax more in the umbrella coverage of environmental issues resulting in les trafic on the roads because we have taxed the motorist off the road... ok but its not as if the rail network is any good either is it?

rip off Britain thats all it is now.

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Post by derdle » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:21 am

Call me cynical but this is nothing to do with the Envirnment -it's all about raising taxation.

Isn't it strange how the Congestion Charge is moving towards Emissions...so nothing to do with congestion at all. Red Ken makes my blood boil.
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Post by Parters » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:09 am

All the B5 RS4's fall into band F for road tax - currently £205. Band G (over 225g/km) is only for cars registered after 23/03/2006.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ow ... G_10012524

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