I have a 2001 sept reg Range rover and have just been looking up the vehicle duty costs £455 per year in 2010!
Do the same rules apply to camper vans on taxing them?
depends on their initial classification, most are classed as commercial vehicles - based on the chassis - and so pay about £175 - are are registered as 'cars' and could conceivably end up in the £400+ bracket. Possibly the top of the range T5 could run foul of this.
Check your log book - oopss showing my age - I mean, of course, your vehicle registration document
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Quote: Originally posted by THE BOWENS on 12/5/2008
I have a 2001 sept reg Range rover and have just been looking up the vehicle duty costs £455 per year in 2010!
Do the same rules apply to camper vans on taxing them?
AFAICT, they do not, but some motorhomes have been wrongly classified because they were registered pre-conversions. An example is the VW California, which was registered as a type-approved car but should be reclassified as PLG after conversion. You might want to read this for more info.
Allegedly, the DVLA have said:
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Although vehicles such as the Volkswagen California are being type-approved in the M1 Special Purpose category, at the moment, this should not be sufficient for the vehicle to enter the Grad VED tax class. Therefore, as you suggest, I can confirm that all vehicles with the body type 'motor caravan', whether type approved or not, should be placed within either the PLG or the PHGV taxation class.
Is there a chart that I could refer to. We are looking for a bigger car, but dont want to end up with a £450 motor tax, just to tow a caravan 4 times a year.
For newer models, you can check the emissions database and VED calculator. However, if you're only going to use the car to tow four times a year, you could save a bundle and buy whatever you want provided it was first used before March 2001. Even a 12 mpg V8 gas guzzler costs only £185 to tax this year and £200 next year.
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