I have been thinking a lot about this recently and I think that the emissions figures are all wrong.
Now I might misunderstand how they work but here is my opinion of the situation with a pretty extreme example (all the numbers are made up but illustrate the point!).
Take a Vauxhall Corsa with a 1.6 Litre engine and an emissions figure of 225.
This car will do an average of 33mpg and covers 12,000 miles per year.
Put the same engine in a larger Vauxhall Vectra and the engine will have to work harder and only do 22mpg and covers 12,000 miles per year.
(Perhaps the CO2 figure takes this into account already but surely the least economical of the cars should have a higher road tax? Can anyone clarify this point?)
Now on to the point. IF the driver in the Vectra only does 3000 miles per year and the Corsa driver does 20,000 is it fair that they both spend the same on road tax?
What about abolishing road tax and just having the duty on fuel to level things out between heavy and light users.
Now I might misunderstand how they work but here is my opinion of the situation with a pretty extreme example (all the numbers are made up but illustrate the point!).
Take a Vauxhall Corsa with a 1.6 Litre engine and an emissions figure of 225.
This car will do an average of 33mpg and covers 12,000 miles per year.
Put the same engine in a larger Vauxhall Vectra and the engine will have to work harder and only do 22mpg and covers 12,000 miles per year.
(Perhaps the CO2 figure takes this into account already but surely the least economical of the cars should have a higher road tax? Can anyone clarify this point?)
Now on to the point. IF the driver in the Vectra only does 3000 miles per year and the Corsa driver does 20,000 is it fair that they both spend the same on road tax?
What about abolishing road tax and just having the duty on fuel to level things out between heavy and light users.