i know it\'s probably been covered on here before but i was on the parkers website and they have a thing that tells you how much you should pay.
i put in the vehicle details in (1989 T2) and it and it came back with £120 per year?
I sent them a little email asking if this was correct and here\'s ther reply:
Hi - thanks for the email.
As far as we are aware, vehicles registered before March 2001 fall into the cc bracket.
Up to 1549cc = £120 p/a
Over 1549cc = £185 p/a
See link
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524 (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524)
Regards
Parker\'s
The £185 is going to a flat £200 for pre 2001 vehicles above 1600cc if the Chancellor has his wicked way next year.
Yours must be a Jap import then cause mine is £100 every 6 months. Not sure how much it drops for 12 months.
The twin rotary is 1354cc I believe, therefore tax should be £120 for the year regardless of whether its an import. Get your V5 amended at the DVLA. Mine says 1354cc and so I pay £120 :)
Quote from: NurburgRob;510641The twin rotary is 1354cc I believe, therefore tax should be £120 for the year regardless of whether its an import. Get your V5 amended at the DVLA. Mine says 1354cc and so I pay £120 :)
They closed that loophole a while ago... mine is reg\'d as a 2.6 :(
(FD first UK registered in 2007)
I\'ve got 2 TII\'s both UK cars ones a 1990 and ones 1991. The 1990 is registered as a 2.4 and the 1991 is registered as a 2.6. They don\'t know jack s**t about cars considering they are the governing body. It really pee\'s me off too as they should be 1.3 anyway.
A UK spec turbo II is classed as either a 2.4 or a 2.6 litre engine depending on the insurer and is classed as such. Both 2.4L and 2.6L are above the 1549cc engine size, and therefore is classed as such, so thats £185 a year. But think of it this way, post 2001 they used emmissions, meaning that it would probably be in the top bracket of that, which is £400.
A jap import I believe is classed as the correct engine size of 1.3, so a jap import will cost £120 a year, a UKDM Turbo II will cost £185.
But then again as its a turbo II the minimal diffence in tax won\'t really make up for the fuel it uses :D
just got mine through £120 for the year registered as a 1.3:)
Mark
You should be able to get it changed at the DVLA, it\'s hardly a loophole as it\'s actually a 1.3!
yeah, they\'ll still charge you extra through something else though :(
If you have a T11.
Get a copy of the original Mazda sales Boucher on the T11 which states it is a 1.3 and send this to the DVLA with a covering letter and and log book,they should change it for you. This is what i did for my UK T11 and had no problem.
Apparantley it\'s an agreement with Mazda and the DVLA under the Automotive Emissions Directive where UK Rotarys are classed as 2354 and 2616 for FC & FD respectively. People can still change the log books but I read someone on here tried that and got refused :(
So I wonder is any cars registered as 1.3 ever get changed when a new owner gets their new copy of the V5c??
Hey,
when i brought my TII it said 25XXcc but then i sent proof to dvla that it was a 1300cc not 25XXcc n they changed it for me. (all i send was a printout of rx7 from wikipedia).
all is well.. my v5 said 1300cc so i went to my local dvla office to get a rebate off my 185 tax i paid. then this b*tt hole said to me. "oh its a rotary, its classed as a 2600cc.
i semi argued wiv him as i was gonna be late for work n he showed me this print out which explained that rotaries are calc differently and so it was a 2600cc.
that "anoyed" me a lil! n he kept my v5 to send it off to get amended and im still waiting for it back.
once it comes back im going to print out the parker guide n some other stuff to show its a 1300cc (650cc X2) to try get it changed back to 1300cc.
but as some1 said earlier.. its only 65 quid diff.. that like a trip to the shops n back.
end of the day.. i guess its just if u lucky or nt to get a robot to process ur v5 or not.
oh happy days..
Its a 1.3 correct, but its got more power strokes per rev than a piston engine, hence why its classed as a 2.4 for an FC or a 2.6 for an FD