Having renew the tax on my mk5 fiesta its now 175 for 12 months cause its Dec 2001 model why do they charge so much for these cars now to be on the road! surely the CO2 emissions from these small cars cant be that high!

 

Is it a 1.4 by any chance?

If so then the trivia is, originally this engine has a higher power output, hence higher emissions.

This is the very reason Ford 'de-tuned' it.

Martin

 

nah its a 1.299 so basically 1.3

because its registered after march 2001

 

That's the 'Endura-E', same engine as the Ka basically, (An old engine from the 70's essentially) therefore you should find Ka owners are in the same position.

Martin

 

would changing the engine to a 1.6 or puma 1.7 make any difference to the tax?

 

Yes and no, you would obviously have to declare the change and the car and most likely get it type approved for it to qualify.

It's simply not worth the hassle tbh.

Martin

 

If i add body kit and alloys will this affect the car insurance or being allowed the road as i be modding the car?

 

No, ANY modifications need to be declared to your insurer!

Martin

 

It's in 'Band G' because of the emissions, so they are fairly high (The bands go from A to M, so it's about in the middle.

No. Not a thing. It's based on what the car is registered as, so it would make no difference.

Yes it will affect the insurance, and you could find yourself in bother if you;re in an incident. Whenever you do something declare it to your insurance company. Many won't charge if it's just cosmetics – you still need to tell them.

 

thats cool thanks I guess there no way to mod it to bring car tax down

 

Thank yourself lucky its not a zs, my tax is Ł123 for 6 months Ł219 for the year

 

ouch, yeah gov clearly hate these cars then, takes the piss, those new fiats mostly women and gay men drive like Ł30 tax for the year! not right really shud be done by type of car and engine size because anyone who can buy latest greatest car clearly could afford the tax as well

 

only for phase 1s and phase 2s are cheaper

 

Engine size tells you nothing, thats a schoolboy error In the same way that people think that a bigger engine automatically has more power and is therefore faster An excellent example is the 1L 'Ecoboost' Focus, it's free tax for the first year (Assuming new) and just Ł20 thereafter, yet it generates as near as makes no difference the same amount of power (125 HP) as a 2L Zetec engine, it was the Cosworth that was the first production car to produce more than 100 HP per litre, now we can get this from a shopping cart! By your theory alot of people would be paying more tax with bigger engines, which are more efficient than yours!

Gas guzzlers do get penalised, for a modern 4x4, performance car etc, VED is Ł400 a year.

Was going to say a Focus which has the same engine is cheaper, bearing in mind it's heavier as well, so a phase two should be in that same tax band.

On that basis I imagine the very early Focus's are in the higher tax band as well.

Martin

 

so time to ditch the fiesta perhaps :/ ? 175 seems a lot for kinda car it is now, i guess this could become death of these cars as people like myself will just think about getting rid of them, also noticed 2nd hand prices for the non zetek models has taken a massive drop to