who've splashed out on luxury motors, you better brace yourselves for a wallet-busting hike in excise duty!. A whopping list of 59 posh rides is set to cop a £2,000 increase in car . For those behind the wheels of spanking new gas-guzzlers belching over 255g/km of CO2, prepare to fork out an eye-watering £2,745 more, totting up your annual bill to an astronomical £5,490.
This cash raid kicks off in April 2025 and, while the standard road tax rate will trot along with inflation, fancy cars bought after that date emitting over 75g per kilometre of CO2 will face a mighty steeper road tax slip. First-year road tax rates are set to hit the roof, doubling in all higher CO2 bands – a move predicted to fill the treasury's pockets with an extra £400 million next year and a staggering £1.7 billion by the closing of this decade, as per Birmingham Live's inteL, reports .
But there's a glimmer of hope for the eco-conscious; rumour has it that the budget briefing document hints at a possible future break for zero-emission car buyers: "The government recognises the disproportionate impact of the current VED Expensive Car Supplement threshold for those purchasing zero-emission cars and will consider raising the threshold for zero-emission cars only at a future fiscal event, to make it easier to buy electric cars." Now feast your eyes on the full roll call of new high flyers churning out over 255g/km of CO2: Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo, Audi R8 5.
2 FSI V10, Audi RS6 4.0 TFSI V8,.
