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[tunnie]

Popped across to BMW dealer at lunch today, mate I work with was looking at Z4's (not for me, way too small inside, could hardly fit in it) - Out of the bunch they had there I preferred a 2006 3 series, seats were mega comfy, not sure if the 'M' seats are different, but very nice.

Anyway, walked past a 6 month old M3 (very nice I might add), looked at the tax disc, had to do a double take on it.

£1,000 per year 

You could buy a couple of Omega's for that 

[tunnie]

Reading into it, all band M cars are like that in the first year

[Elite_L0ver]

Popped across to BMW dealer at lunch today, mate I work with was looking at Z4's (not for me, way too small inside, could hardly fit in it) - Out of the bunch they had there I preferred a 2006 3 series, seats were mega comfy, not sure if the 'M' seats are different, but very nice.

Anyway, walked past a 6 month old M3 (very nice I might add), looked at the tax disc, had to do a double take on it.

£1,000 per year 

You could buy a couple of Omega's for that 

SWMBOs mother has a Honda s2000 and that's £430 for 6 months and look at the state of the roads

[I_want_an_Omega]

I think that only applies for the 1st registration and not to ongoing annual fee ...........

If you can afford a new M3 from £54k then the £1,000 included in the "on the road" charge isn't really an issue .........

[aaronjb]

Popped across to BMW dealer at lunch today, mate I work with was looking at Z4's (not for me, way too small inside, could hardly fit in it) - Out of the bunch they had there I preferred a 2006 3 series, seats were mega comfy, not sure if the 'M' seats are different, but very nice.

Anyway, walked past a 6 month old M3 (very nice I might add), looked at the tax disc, had to do a double take on it.

£1,000 per year 

You could buy a couple of Omega's for that 

SWMBOs mother has a Honda s2000 and that's £430 for 6 months and look at the state of the roads

RX8's are another 'normal' car that fall into the super-tax bracket.. Which is nuts; costs the same to tax a Maybach!

[Kevin Wood]

Popped across to BMW dealer at lunch today, mate I work with was looking at Z4's (not for me, way too small inside, could hardly fit in it) - Out of the bunch they had there I preferred a 2006 3 series, seats were mega comfy, not sure if the 'M' seats are different, but very nice.

Anyway, walked past a 6 month old M3 (very nice I might add), looked at the tax disc, had to do a double take on it.

£1,000 per year 

You could buy a couple of Omega's for that 

SWMBOs mother has a Honda s2000 and that's £430 for 6 months and look at the state of the roads

RX8's are another 'normal' car that fall into the super-tax bracket.. Which is nuts; costs the same to tax a Maybach!

Any post-2006 petrol car with reasonable performance will, especially if it likes a drink like the RX-8.

.. Maybachs are owned by the super-rich, and taxing them is bad for the recovery.. apparently.

[TheBoy]

Reading into it, all band M cars are like that in the first year

Yup, seem to recall the media tried labelling it the Showroom Tax

[TheBoy]

Maybachs are owned by the super-rich, and taxing them is bad for the recovery.. apparently.

Your problem is that, because the previous government encouraged bone idleness for the lazy, you run out of rich people to pay for those who don't want to work, so it stars hitting the not-so-rich

[Amigo]

Gulp! Guess a Monaro is no better?

[TheBoy]

Gulp! Guess a Monaro is no better?

Only an issue if you buy brand new

[Martian]

Popped across to BMW dealer at lunch today, mate I work with was looking at Z4's (not for me, way too small inside, could hardly fit in it) - Out of the bunch they had there I preferred a 2006 3 series, seats were mega comfy, not sure if the 'M' seats are different, but very nice.

Anyway, walked past a 6 month old M3 (very nice I might add), looked at the tax disc, had to do a double take on it. £1,000 per year 

You could buy a couple of Omega's for that 

That's the advantage to year of registration......M3 was the formerly M-Tech/M-Sport and the road fund licence fee is a lot cheaper for the latter 

[Vamps]

My Brother has an older M3, it is a right 'Hairdressers Car' even his elder daughter said the same to him....

[Del Boy]

My '57' plate M3 was £460 (or something like that) per year. The £1000/year is the first year only .

[Vamps]

My '57' plate M3 was £460 (or something like that) per year. The £1000/year is the first year only .

Why/What is this? not heard of it before.....

[aaronjb]

My '57' plate M3 was £460 (or something like that) per year. The £1000/year is the first year only .

Why/What is this? not heard of it before.....

Introduced in 2010, details about half way down the page: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524

Just think, if you could still buy an Omega the first years tax on a 3.2 would be £1030.00.. Dropping to a mere £465 after that.