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The new car tax bands
CARS IN NEW VED BANDS
Applies only to cars registered after 1 March 2001
Band CO2 emissions VED bill* Examples
A <100 g/km £0 Honda Insight petrol electric hybrid (80 g/km)
Smart diesel (90 g/km)
B 101-120 g/km £40 Toyota Prius 1.5 litre petrol-electric hybrid (104 g/km)
Smart car 0.7 litre petrol (113 g/km)
Citroen C2 1.4 litre diesel (108 g/km)
Ford Fiesta 1.4 diesel (114 g/km CO2)
C 121-150 g/km £100 Fiat Panda 1.2 petrol (127 g/km)
Ford Ka 1.3 petrol (147 g/km)
VW Golf 1.9 TDI diesel (143 g/km)
Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi diesel hatchback (143 g/km)
Jaguar X-type 2.0 diesel saloon (149 g/km)
D 151-165 g/km £125 VW Passat estate 1.9 TDI diesel (159 g/km)
MINI One hatchback 1.6 petrol, manual (164 g/km)
Ford Fiesta 1.6i petrol (154 g/km)
Peugeot 307 1.4 petrol (155 g/km)
E 166-185 g/km £150 Ford Mondeo saloon 1.8i petrol (182 g/km)
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 petrol saloon (177 g/km)
Rover 75 1.8 petrol salon (manual) (185 g/km)
Toyota Avensis 1.8 petrol saloon/hatchback (171 g/km)
F 186-225 g/km £190 Land Rover Freelander 2.0 diesel (205 g/km)
Toyota RAV4 2.0 litre petrol (211 g/km)
Audi A4 1.6 petrol (187 g/km)
BMW 5 series estate 3.0 diesel (212 g/km)
Mazda MX5 2.0 petrol (191 g/km)
G** > 225 g/km £210 Jaguar X type 2.0 petrol saloon auto (239 g/km)
Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe 3.6 litre petrol (269 g/km)
Renault Espace 2 litre petrol (229 g/km)
BMW X5 4.8 litre petrol (324 g/km)
Range Rover 4.4 V8 petrol auto (389 g/km)
Source: Department of Transport

* Add £10 for a diesel car in bands B, C, D and E and £5 for a diesel car in bands F and G.
**For cars registered on or after 23 March 2006






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