Cars with these number plates face £600 tax bill - full list

Older cars with certain number plates could be subject to a £600 tax bill this spring, according to experts. Leasing experts at Cars2Buy said models registered between 2001 and 2017 could be affected under new Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) increase due to come into effect in April.

Cars manufactured over the 16-year period are charged VED based on how much pollution models emit instead of a flat fee. Drivers are placed into bands based on emissions levels- and the costs can dramatically vary,

It means that cars which produce a low number of emissions could pay just £20.. But the most polluting petrol and diesel models are hit with fees of more than £600.

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Car2Buy said older vehicles are set to be affected, Express reports. They said: "Cars registered between 2001 and 2017 will continue to be taxed based on their CO2 emissions, with rates ranging from £20 to £600 per year depending on the vehicle’s environmental impact."

VED fees are uprated every spring in line with Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation. Number plates usually correspond with the date vehicles were first registered, making it easy to quickly identify the age of a car.

Models manufactured between March and August usually correspond exactly with the year of production. Those built between September and the following February use a number 50 years older than the current date.

The current system was put into place in 2001 with ‘01 and ‘51’ pate vehicles introduced that year. A year later, ‘02’ and ‘52’ plates were launched, followed by ‘03’ and ‘53’ a year later.

From 2010, models registered in the second half of the year took on the number '60’ and ‘70’ in 2020. It means that anyone with a ‘17’ or ‘67’ design will be impacted by the new tax rates.

Motoring experts and breakdown specialists at the RAC said: "For cars registered between March 1, 2001 to March 31, 2017, the rates are split into different CO2 bands – the lower the tailpipe emissions, the lower the vehicle tax. In order to tax a vehicle, suitable car insurance cover must be in place, while the vehicle must also have a valid MOT if it is over three years old (four years in Northern Ireland).

"Both are checked electronically when you apply for car tax."

Full list of number plates possibly affected

• 01/51

• 02/52

• 03/53

• 04/54

• 05/55

• 06/56

• 07/57

• 08/58

• 09/59

• 10/60

• 11/61

• 12/62

• 13/63

• 14/64

• 15/65

• 16/66

• 17/67