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Taxing your vehicle online

Every car on the road in the UK need to pay for road tax. If not, it is illegal to drive your motor on the road. Road tax is different for every car. There are 7 types of different band of tax. Band A to G. The highest will be Band G. That will be the Toyota RAV4, Audi A4, Land Rover, etc. They measure the CO2 emission levels before the car is go on sale.

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Band A will be the cheapest payments. It is free. This is because the CO2 emission is less than 100g/km. This will be the new battery electric vehicles, they are tax free.

Rating band CO2 Emissions


Band

CO2 emission

Example

A

<100 g/km

Battery electric vehicles

B

101-120 g/km

Toyota Prius 1.5 petrol-electric hybrid
Smart car 0.7 petrol
Citroen C2 1.4 diesel

C

121-150 g/km

Fiat Panda 1.2 petrol
Ford Ka 1.3 petrol
VW Golf 1.9 TDI diesel
Jaguar X-type 2.0 diesel saloon

D

151-165 g/km

Mini One 1.6 petrol, manual
Ford Fiesta 1.6i petrol
Peugeot 307 1.4 petrol

E

166-185 g/km

Ford Mondeo 1.8i petrol
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 petrol
Rover 75 1.8 petrol
Toyota Avensis 1.8 petrol

F

>185 g/km

Land Rover Freelander 2.0 diesel
Audi A4 1.6 petrol saloon
BMW X5 4.8 petrol
Jaguar X-type 2.0 petrol saloon automatic
Toyota RAV4 2.0 petrol
Lamborghini Murcielago 6.2 petrol

 

If your car registered before March 2001, there are not many tests done on the CO2 emission. If the car engine is smaller than 1,549cc, you will only have to pay the £115.

You can now apply for your tax disc online now. All you need is your V5 (logbook), car insurance certificate, MOT test certificate.

Also, you can apply for car finance online now.