Manstein Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Just had a V11 tax renewal for an R400 I acquired recently and was surprised to see it classed as private/light goods! A quick call to the DVLA and they told me as they had no record of emissions for this vehicle it was classed as PLG and tax is £230 for the year.Just wondering if any R400 owners have come across this on their V11?thanksChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_h Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 It's the same as all cars were pre 2001 when the co2 rules started. IVA cars still work to this old standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Yup, it's all down to the fact that our funny little cars are not type-approved (hence the need for IVA testing). As a result, there's no recorded emissions data on the V5C, and therefore the CO2-based tax tables don't apply. Instead, DVLA simply use the TC11 class (Private or Light Goods) that applies to cars and light goods vehicles registered before 1 March 2001, charging £230 for engines over 1549cc (£145 for smaller ones).Given that an R400 (and most larger-engined 7s) would, in theory, probably fall into at least Band J (186-200g/km CO2, £265), you could argue that £230 is not unreasonable! For comparison, an early 2014 Mondeo 2.0 Duratec just squeezes into Band I (£225), while a 2008 model is Band J.JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted February 15, 2016 Area Representative Share Posted February 15, 2016 £230 is fabulous value for taking either of my Caterhams for a lot of drives each year. :-)I carry only the lightest of goods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stridey Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I thought it was steep as my Fiat 500 is £30 a year. (It's zero on another 500 in the range, but costs £1200 more to buy...but the salesman seemed to think the zero rating outweighed that. He's right, ifs I'd kept it for 30 years!).Mind you, I felt this was more than offset by how cheap the 7 is to insure. I was amazed how cheap it was.Can't be too long before the road tax is free as my 7 is getting on too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian H Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Its a Caterham SeVAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manstein Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Thanks for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john milner Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Until I read this I thought all cars were classed as PLG. I think I got that from a tax disc 40 odd years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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