How UK drivers can can avoid paying the increased vehicle tax entirely for THREE years

SUZUKI UK have announced a limited time offer to counteract the government’s new Vehicle Excise Duty regime.

Applicable to all new cars purchased between now and June 30 2017, the Japanese car manufacturer has offered to pay the entire annual road license for its customers for the first three years of vehicle ownership.

Britain’s new VED regime came into effect on April 1, increasing the annual tax bill for a large number of new cars.

In short, the new taxation scheme seeks to penalise high-emitting cars and those in a higher expense bracket, while rewarding cleaner vehicles with reduced CO2 output levels.

Given a number of Suzuki models have fallen into higher tax brackets, the company is offering the deal on every model in the Suzuki range, bar the popular Swift range.

Rather than the company dealing with the paperwork each year, the VED payment will come in the form of a cash discount off the ‘on road’ cost for new buyers, which will be the equivalent of three years worth of road tax.

The buyer will then still go through the normal process of managing their annual charge with the DVLA themselves.

Included in the deal’s official release was a breakdown of how the discount may look to new customers.

Using a Celerio SZ3 Dualjet, which emits 84g/km of carbon dioxide as an example, Suzuki calculated the first year’s VED to be £100 under the new regulation.

The following two years for the same vehicle would equate to £140 each, giving a total three-year cost of £380 that the manufacturer would discount.

For a vehicle such as the 1.6-litre SZ5 ALLGRIP with a higher emission rate of 130g/km, Suzuki would pay out as much as £480.