Diesel car tax 2018 - What is changing, when and how much will it cost you?
IN 2018 car tax for older diesel cars will increase in the UK, in a bid to dissuade motorists using the vehicles and improve overall air quality in Britain. Here’s everything you need to know about the changes.
Philip Hammond outlines new diesel tax plans
Diesel car drivers in the UK are just a coupe of months way from the newly revised car tax rates.
From April 2018, new Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rules will come into place which will alter how much motorists need to pay.
These announcements were made by Philip Hammond in the Autumn Budget 2017.
The changes focus solely focus on diesel cars and will see the majority of diesel car owners in the UK paying more to tax their vehicles.
Drivers of diesel cars that do not meet a pre-determined emissions standard, will be required to pay a band higher car tax than they currently do.
If your car does not men Euro 6 emission standard in the laboratory or real-world driving conditions then it will cost more.
Diesel car tax is increasing from April 2018
Here are new car tax bands as of April 2017 compared to the new rates set to be introduced as of April 2018:
1 - 50 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE:£10
FROM 2018: £25
51 - 75 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £25
FROM 2018: £100
76 - 90 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £100
FROM 2018: £120
91 - 100 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £120
FROM 2018: £140
101 - 110 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £140
FROM 2018: £160
111 - 130 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £160
FROM 2018: £200
131 - 150 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £200
FROM 2018: £500
151 - 170 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE:£500
FROM 2018: £800
171 - 190 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £800
FROM 2018: £1,200
191 - 225 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £1,200
FROM 2018:£1,700
226 - 255 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £1,700
FROM 2018: £2,000
Over 255 g/km CO2
CURRENT RATE: £2,000
It has been suggested that no driver will be able to complete skirt the newly inflated fees, as the new emissions standard they will be based on RDE2, which is a new driving emissions standard, has not even been finished.
RDE2 is a more rigorous test than Euro 6 but it isn’t set to become an industry standard until 2020.
Many have therefore called the move unfair as drivers set to be punished for a 2020 regulation from April 2018.
Mike Hawes of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders commented: “It's unrealistic to think that we can fast-track the introduction of the next generation of clean diesel technology which takes years to develop, in just four months.
“This budget will also do nothing to remove the oldest, most polluting vehicles from our roads in the coming years.”
These change will not apply to any diesel vehicle that is already on the road.