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I'm looking for a 2019 VW Touareg 3.0 - should I buy the TDI or TSI, I would be towing a caravan but it would be 99.5% solo driving. I'm thinking of future government rises in fuel duty and road fund duty...
When does road tax start for privately owned EVs?
I have a full electric car (1st reg Sept 2019) and I wondered if I registered it SORN at Christmas (when it will not be used for a month) and re-tax it in January, will I get 1 year at £0 - or will I get...
What are the long term and short term cost differences between two different specs of the same new car, one retail priced below £40k and the other retail priced over £40k? Ignoring any discount that may...
Will hybrid cars costing £40k have to pay higher RFL in 2025?
When buying for example a two year old car is the seller either private or a dealer obliged to inform you that when new it's list price was over 40k and is therefore subject to the extra premium tax until...
If I purchase a new car sub £40,000 it is not subject to luxury tax but if I add options which take it over 40k is it liable to the luxury car tax?
I have a Ford Fiesta 1.0-litre EcoBoost, registered 2020. It is exactly the same model as the one I had from new in 2013, road tax free. Why am I now paying £190. Surely the new ones emissions will be...
Currently my road fund licence is £600,00 per annum how many years will I have to pay this high rate of road tax for? Does it fall to the normal level of road tax after this initial period?
I bought and taxed my car in Jan 2024. It was first registered in May 2019, and had a list price above £40k so for 2024 I paid the additonal tax rate. Since the car will be 6 years old in May 2025 can...
 

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