Prius now slightly cheaper to run in UK

Today's Budget speech by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer held
some mildly good news for Prius owners in Britain. Its 104gm/Km
CO2 production rate has earned it a reduction in annual Road Tax
(tax charge on vehicles used on public roads) from GBP75/year to
GBP40/year.

Naturally, this won't make a huge difference; but it's a step in
the right direction. All CO2 figures are the "official" ones.

Cars producing 100gm/Km or less now fall into a new No-Tax band,
whereas the worst gas guzzlers (I have no CO2 figures) get a new
category costing GBP210/year.

FWIW, figures are available on the [url]www.direct.gov.uk[/url] site, where
I searched for "budget" then clicked on the first item listed.
--
Andrew Stephenson

The prius is kind of funny looking...but the more I see it, the style
kind of growns on you. It looks cool inside

Slightly incorrect. GBP30/year. The DVLA class the Prius as an
alternative fuel vehicle and not a petrol fuel vehicle in band B.

I've checked this up on the Vehicle licenving database by entering in
my Prius's vehicle registration and sure enough, 30 quid for the year.

[email]ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk[/email] (Andrew Stephenson) wrote:[color=blue]
>Today's Budget speech by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer held
>some mildly good news for Prius owners in Britain. Its 104gm/Km
>CO2 production rate has earned it a reduction in annual Road Tax
>(tax charge on vehicles used on public roads) from GBP75/year to
>GBP40/year.
>
>Naturally, this won't make a huge difference; but it's a step in
>the right direction. All CO2 figures are the "official" ones.
>
>Cars producing 100gm/Km or less now fall into a new No-Tax band,
>whereas the worst gas guzzlers (I have no CO2 figures) get a new
>category costing GBP210/year.
>
>FWIW, figures are available on the [url]www.direct.gov.uk[/url] site, where
>I searched for "budget" then clicked on the first item listed.[/color]

In article <ebcj32117teua0kihm25c0o2vv044anuhq@4ax.com>
news007ddes@n.a.v.d "Bloke at the pennine puddle" writes:
[color=blue]
> [email]ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk[/email] (Andrew Stephenson) wrote:[color=green]
> >Today's Budget speech by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer held
> >some mildly good news for Prius owners in Britain. Its 104gm/Km
> >CO2 production rate has earned it a reduction in annual Road Tax
> >(tax charge on vehicles used on public roads) from GBP75/year to
> >GBP40/year.
> >
> >[...][/color]
>
> Slightly incorrect. GBP30/year. The DVLA class the Prius as
> an alternative fuel vehicle and not a petrol fuel vehicle in
> band B.
>
> I've checked this up on the Vehicle licenving database by
> entering in my Prius's vehicle registration and sure enough, 30
> quid for the year.[/color]

Well, I'm certainly not going to fight anyone over this news. <g>
Glad to hear it. Mind, I doubt this curious classification will
last, unless Toyota redesign the engine to run on, oh, peanut oil
or perfume. As soon as *.gov.uk realise it's just another way to
burn ordinary petrol... Thanks for the word.
--
Andrew Stephenson