i30 Owners Club
FUEL ISSUES & ECONOMY => GENERAL => Topic started by: doctorbutcher on March 12, 2016, 09:19:15
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What do you guys make of this latest hare-brained scheme?
The Treasury should increase tax or Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for new diesel cars by up to £800 to encourage motorists to move towards lower emissions vehicles and improve air quality, a think-tank has advised.
Autocar linky (http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/britain%E2%80%99s-diesel-drivers-%E2%80%98should-pay-%C2%A3800-more-road-tax%E2%80%99)
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As the owner of a petrol car (who lives near a busy A road and also suffers from asthma), I agree with the idea - but doubt that £800 is high enough to be effective. In the UK a high proportion of diesel cars are fleet owned and the drivers are to some extent buffered from such an increase.
I have seen alternative ideas about applying a much higher tax on diesel fuel - but this would bear heavily on lorries and increase food and other costs.
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If Diesels are fitted with DPF's, aren't they cleaner than a petrol engined car. Why impose any further penalties. The cost of DPF fitment is already a component cost of the vehicle. Fair suck of the sav, fellas.