02-reg Daewoo Matiz 0.8litre - £150 road tax!

[Deleted User]

Was looking at a 02-reg Daewoo Matiz 0.8 for sale locally on AutoTrader. I put the reg plate into the taxdisc.direct.gov.uk website and it comes up with the road tax being £150 for the 12 months. How is tax that much for just a 796CC engine?

:eek:

nomoneytoday

It's not about the size anymore but the number of carbons.
Looks like BMW (for example) have spent more on R&D to get their cars into the lower bands than Daewoo.

p.s maybe if they charged £3000 tax for the Daewoo it would get the horridable things off the road lol

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Deleted_User wrote: »

Was looking at a 02-reg Daewoo Matiz 0.8 for sale locally on AutoTrader. I put the reg plate into the taxdisc.direct.gov.uk website and it comes up with the road tax being £150 for the 12 months. How is tax that much for just a 796CC engine?

:eek:

No justice is there?, it is a farce.. Try and find an earlier model or different model, cars registered earlier have lower tax bands.

My Daughters 2000 W Reg. Mazda 323 with a 1300cc engine is only £120 a year.

[Deleted User]

Ah I see. I checked the reg of an S-reg one too and it was only £125 tax with the same size engine.

RE nomoneytoday, how are they horrible? My grandparents have a newer version Chevrolet Matiz with a 1litre engine and I find it very nippy for getting from A to B around town.

KeithP

Deleted_User wrote: »

... I find it very nippy for getting from A to B around town.

Yes, they are good at that.

movingforward2010

it aint about carbons at all ,its about how much mp's can get for their hands on for new tv's and duck houses

harveybobbles

The Matiz, always was and still is a bundle of fun to drive! Wouldn't have one though as you have to carry enough speed thru bends to keep momentum. This however, means that you end up in a ditch or up and embankment lol.

davethetaller

wxmlad wrote: »

it aint about carbons at all ,its about how much mp's can get for their hands on for new tv's and duck houses

Glad you cleared that up, wxmlad !

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I had a lift in one a while ago, got in the back, I was amazed at how much room there was in it, truly amazing for a car of it's size.

jaydeeuk1

Daewoos are pretty awful when it comes to emissions / MPG considering the engine size. I'm sure the 1.6 astra from same generation engine is lower tax than my 1.6 lanos.