Petrol and diesel drivers are being hit with a prime stage of £5,690 expenses, the DVLA has confirmed.
Petrol drivers may pay as a lot as £5,690 (Picture: Getty)
The DVLA has confirmed the primary automobile tax licence charges for vehicles registered after April 1, 2026 – with the very prime fee of tax now set at a blistering £5,690 per yr.
The Driver and Automobile Requirements Licensing Company has issued a confirmed listing of ‘first licence charges’ of auto tax which might be levied on vehicles first registered on or after April 1, 2026.
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The ‘first licence fee’ bands have been set based mostly on emissions, and apply to petrol and diesel vehicles, with the bottom band set at £10 and the best set at £5,690 per yr.
The bands imply that low emission vehicles get away with cheaper charges, with many petrol vehicles made within the final three years having lower than 130g/kg, which might put them within the £455 annual bracket or decrease.
However patrons of many well-known manufacturers might be stung for the highest fee of auto tax, together with massive title SUVs.
Automobiles which pump out greater than 255g/km and so would appeal to the highest fee embody the Alfa Romea Stelvio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo, a number of Audi fashions together with the R8 5.2 V10 and the S8 4.0 V8.
BMW SUVs together with BMW X6 M 4.4 V8 and the X7 M 4.4 V8 would additionally qualify, in addition to the Jaguar F-Tempo 5.0 V8 and Land Rover’s Defender 90 5.0 V8 and Defender 110 5.0 V8, in addition to the Vary Rover 4.4 V8, the Vary Rover Sport 4.4p V8 and the favored SUV, the Porsche Cayenne 4.0T V8.
Older vehicles have completely different charges. The identical emissions bracket for vehicles registered between March 2001 and April 2017 would value £790 for his or her first yr.
After the primary yr, all petrol vehicles registered since April 1, 2017 drop to a normal fee. From April 2026, this has been elevated from £195 to £200 throughout the board no matter emissions, except you pay by instalments, after which it’s £210.
Breakdown consultants the RAC clarify: “From April 1, 2026, the usual tax fee for all petrol, diesel or hybrid vehicles registered after April 1, 2017 rises to £200.
“When you pay for six months tax, it will value £110, or £105 for those who decide to arrange a direct debit. When you pay in 12 month-to-month instalments your complete automobile tax value might be £210.
“In case your car had a listing worth that exceeded £40,000 when it was first offered (or £50,000 in case your automobile is electrical) then you might also be answerable for the ‘luxurious automobile tax’ payment, which now provides £440 to the car’s annual VED prices – taking it as much as £640.
“Chances are you’ll pay much less or extra in case your automobile was first used earlier than 2017. The precise payment to your annual street tax will boil all the way down to the yr your automobile was first registered, the kind of gas it makes use of and its tailpipe emissions.
“Electrical vehicles now not qualify without spending a dime street tax, and in April 2026 drivers of electrical vehicles below a yr previous will begin paying the £200-a-year flat fee.”
Siobhan Doyle, a client author at Carwow, mentioned: “2026 is a giant yr for drivers as a result of so many modifications contact on a regular basis life, from what you pay to how intently guidelines are enforced.
“Some updates are already in place, just like the congestion cost enhance in London, whereas others land later within the yr, together with gas responsibility modifications and Euro 7 guidelines. There are additionally street security measures being mentioned, however drivers ought to deal with these as proposals till something is confirmed.
“The only solution to keep on the suitable aspect of the principles is to maintain the fundamentals watertight. Ensure that your licence particulars are updated and set reminders to your MOT, tax and insurance coverage, as a result of enforcement is turning into extra automated and it’s simpler than ever to get caught out.”
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