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    Drivers’ bills ‘creep close to £400’ under car tax band changes

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    Car tax bills will edge close to £400 per year for dozens of petrol and diesel motorists under new changes set to hammer motorists this spring.  Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) costs are set to rise in line with inflation, with fees for cars registered after 2017 and between 2001 and 2017 judged based on vehicle emission rates. However, cars registered before 2001 use a different tax system, with road users paying rates based on engine size. Shahzad Sheikh, founder and presenter of YouTube channel @BrownCarGuy, stressed that road users with cars built before this date would face a £10 to £15 rise from April, with fees dependent on their vehicle.  Speaking on his YouTube channel, Shahzad explained: “Even the oldest cars haven’t been left alone. Cars registered before 1 March 2001, which are taxed purely on engine size rather than emissions, have also seen increases. For the 2026/27 tax year, if your car is up to 1549cc (up to 1.6l), you now pay £230 per year, up from £220.  “If it's over 1549cc, you are paying £375 per year, up from £360. It’s just £15, you’re thinking, I get it. But boy, that figure is creeping close to £400 now.” In another blow for many, the car tax exemption rules apply only to vehicles registered more than 40 years ago, meaning cars first hitting the road in 1986. It means that cars registered just after this date, between 1987 and 2001, will pay fees despite many of these cars now being stored as passion projects by collectors.  Despite the fairly small hike, Shahzad claimed that price rises indicate a bigger problem for motorists, namely that nobody is safe from higher fees as of April 1.  Speaking on YouTube, Shahzad said: “Taken on their own, these numbers don’t sound outrageous, but that’s not really the point. The point is this, even the simplest, oldest, most blunt version of road tax is being nudged upwards.  “There is no freeze, there is no recognition that these cars are free in number, no acknowledgement that many of them are barely even used.”
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