I agree with Dave.
The new tax bands are a ludicrous pisstake too, the same motor in a different year can have a widly different tax cost. Its stupid.
I noticed this a few days ago ... how is it fair that older (higher emission) versions of the same car pays half the road tax? The example i spotted it on is on parkers
hereDate of Registration _________ 12 Months
20 Oct 1998 – 1 Mar 2001 ____ £185.00
1 Mar 2001 – 1 Jul 2002 ______ £415.00
wtf?
For reference its a Ford Cougar (98-02) 2.5 V6 24V 3d that a friend was looking at buying (dont worry, he decided not too).