Timing is everything. Take Chris Burford and his Jaguar F-Type 5.0 V8 auto. The model emits as much as 269g/km of CO2. Had it been registered before April 2017, when VED rates were based on CO2 emissions, it would currently attract annual road tax of £790.
However, it was registered in 2018, around 12 months after that scheme was replaced by a lower, standard rate across all new cars plus, on those costing more than £40,000, an 'expensive car supplement'. This supplement applies from a car's second year and expires on the vehicle's sixth birthday, which, in the case of Chris's F-Type, fell two years ago. As a result, his F-Type today attracts road tax of just £200.
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