What is the UK diesel car ‘toxin tax’ and which cars will be hit with a £500 increase?
New diesel tax rules came into force at the start of April 2018 - and some motors will be hit with hikes of £500
NO new diesel car currently on sale can beat the new tax planned for April 2018.
And this list of cars are ones to avoid as you'll have to pay the full £500 extra in the first year.
Plans announced in the 2017 Budget revealed new diesels would be hiked up a tax band.
For cars that emit between 191g/km and 225g/km of CO2 that's an extra £500 in the first 12 months before reverting to the £140 a year vehicle excise duty flat rate.
Fortunately, existing cars are exempt from any changes meaning millions of motorists won't be caught out.
But if you're buying a new car you need to be careful - with even the cleanest motors facing a £20 rise.
No cars currently on sale can avoid the tax altogether as the new emissions regulation - known as Real Driving Emissions 2 - isn't mandatory until 2020.
Even if a car in showrooms does meet standards it won't have been tested to prove it's exempt.
And experts have suggested the move could force drivers out of diesels into petrol - which emit more CO2.
There are some tricks you can use to try and beat the rise - and we revealed them here.
And we've compiled this list of ten cars that you should watch out for – and it's not good news for SUV lovers with eight of the list in this class.
- Audi SQ7 4.0-litre TDI - 199g/km (£88,295)
- Bentley Bentayga 4.0-litre V8 - 210g/km (£137,055)
- Hyundai i800 2.5-litre CRDi - 199g/km (£28,545)
- Range Rover 4.4-litre SDV8 - 219g/km (£86,700)
- Range Rover Sport 3.0-litre SDV6 - 211g/km (£62,650)
- Mercedes GLS 350d - 199g/km (£71,430)
- Porsche Cayenne 4.2-litre - 209g/km (£68,022)
- Ssangyong Rexton 2.2-litre - 194g/km (£24,495)
- Ssangyong Turismo 2.2-litre - 196g/km (£23,250)
- Toyota Land Cruiser 2.8-litre - 194g/km - (£37,230)
MPs call for the ban on sale of diesel cars to be sped up
Britain’s plans to ban sales of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 should happen much sooner than the proposed date, a report by MPs has said.
The report accused the government of failing to reduce air pollution sufficiently, saying it was a “national health emergency” that resulted in an estimated 40,000 premature deaths each year and cost the UK about £20billion.
The Commons environment, environmental audit, health and transport select committees launched an inquiry last year.
MPs said the government should conduct a feasibility assessment to determine the earliest date by which the ban could be achieved, “balancing the health impacts of air pollution with economic and practical considerations”.
The MPs added the government must “bring forward the date by which manufacturers must end the sale of conventional petrol and diesel cars, in line with more ambitious commitments from around the world”.
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Autocar editor Mark Tisshaw said: "The Chancellor has created enormous confusion with a ruling that makes no sense.
"If Hammond really was serious about tackling pollution caused by diesel cars, he would have announced incentives around getting older, more polluting vehicles off the road.
"He did nothing of the sort, instead focusing on the cleanest, most modern diesels and sparing them tax increases if they meet a certification standard that can’t be tested for until 2020."
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