If you happen to own one of these 59 cars in Britain, it could cost you up to £2,745 more a year to run it.
From 1 April onwards, car owners are facing a new bill which appears to be coming at the worst time possible with the additional rise of all household bills.
As if the cost of living crisis hasn’t been bad enough, here is another kick in the teeth for families who aren’t living close to public transport links.
The average Brit will be hundreds of pounds worse off due to the energy price cap, which has gone up 6.4 percent to £1,849 a year.
This means that the average household’s gas and electricity bill will go up £111 a year, or £9.25 a month.
And now, prices will also be going up if you drive one of these cars in the UK.
The car price hike will take place from April (Getty Stock Images)
Why are prices going up?
The UK government is rolling out new electric vehicle incentives, which means that any of these 59 cars which emit over 255b/km of CO2 will be getting the brunt of its attention.
Included in that, is a new car tax bill and an increase in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).
The list is pretty extensive, and covers everything from VW, Mercedes, Land Rover, to BMWs and Audi models.
Any vehicle emitting over 255g/km of CO2 will now have to pay £5,490 during their first year on the road from April 2025, which is a pretty steep incline from the former £2,745 charge.
The government is doubling first-year road tax rates across all higher CO2 bands to raise £400m for the Treasury next year as well as £1.7bn by the end of the decade, as per BirminghamLive.
According to the Budget documents from the Labour Party government: “To help drive the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) the government is strengthening incentives to purchase EVs by widening the differentials in Vehicle Excise Duty First Year Rates between EVs and hybrids or internal combustion engine cars.
It’s going to cost you a lot more to drive on of these cars (Getty Stock Images)
“The government is also maintaining EV incentives in the Company Car Tax regime and extending 100% First Year Allowances for zero emission cars and EV chargepoints for a further year.”
Labour stated it plans on ‘maintaining tax incentives to purchase electric cars through Vehicle Excise Duty First Year Rates and the Company Car Tax regimes, as well as by extending 100 percent First Year Allowances for electric cars and chargepoints for a further year.’
Which cars will be affected?
Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo
Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10
Audi RS6 4.0 TFSI V8
Audi RS7 4.0 TFSI V8
Audi RSQ8 4.0 TFSI V8
Audi S8 4.0 TFSI V8
Audi SQ7 4.0 TFSI V8
Audi SQ8 4.0 TFSI V8
Aston Martin DB12 4.0 V8
Aston Martin DBX 4.0 V8
Aston Martin Vantage 4.0 V8
Bentley Bentayga 4.0 V8
Bentley Continental 4.0 V8
Bentley Continental 6.0 W12
Bentley Flying Spur 4.0 V8
BMW Alpina XB7 4.4 V8
BMW M8 4.4 V8
BMW X5 M 4.4 V8
BMW X6 M 4.4 V8
BMW X7 M 4.4 V8
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 6.2 V8
Ferrari Purosangue 6.5 V12
Ferrari Roma 3.8T V8
Ford Mustang 5.0 V8
Ford Ranger 2.0 TD EcoBlue
Ford Ranger 3.0 EcoBlue
Ford Ranger 3.0 V6
INEOS Grenadier 3.0P
Jaguar F-Pace 5.0 P575 V8
Jeep Wrangler 2.0 GME
Lamborghini Huracan 5.2 V10
Lamborghini Urus 4.0 V8 BiTurbo
Lamborghini Revuelto 6.5 V12
Land Rover Defender 90 5.0 P425 V8
Land Rover Defender 110 5.0 P425 V8
Lotus Emira 3.5 V6
Maserati Levante 3.0 V6
Maserati Levante 3.8 V8
Maserati MC20 3.0 V6
McLaren GT 4.0T V8
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 4.0 V8
Mercedes-Benz G400D
Mercedes-Benz G63
Mercedes-Benz GLC63
Mercedes-Benz GLE63
Mercedes-Benz GLS63h
Mercedes-Benz SL55
Porsche 718 Cayman 4.0 GT4
Porsche 911 3.7T 992 Turbo
Porsche Cayenne 4.0T V8
Porsche Macan 2.9T V6
Range Rover 4.4 P530 V8
Range Rover 4.4 P615 V8
Range Rover Sport 4.4P V8
Rolls-Royce Cullinan 6.75 V12
Rolls-Royce Ghost 6.75 V12
Toyota Hilux 2.8D
Toyota Land Cruiser 2.8D
Volkswagen Amarok 3.0 TDI
Additional words by Britt Jones.
