Starting 1st April 2025 significant changes to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rates will impact all new car registrations across the UK, including Scotland. Below is a breakdown of the upcoming adjustments to road tax.
However, you can avoid this increase in vehicle tax, if you purchase and take delivery of your new Volkswagen before 1st April 2025, you will avoid the upcoming vehicle excise duty (VED) increase, which will see some rates double from 1st April.
Electric Cars:
Petrol & Diesel Vehicles:
Hybrid Cars:
Why VED rates are changing: These adjustments, announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, are designed to ensure that the VED system keeps pace with the increasing popularity of electric vehicles and maintains VED revenues in real terms.
Contact our sales team today to learn how the upcoming VED changes impact your purchase of a new Volkswagen.
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), more commonly referred to as road tax, is paid by the registered keeper of the vehicle every year in the UK. The amount that you pay for your vehicle depends on a number of factors that include the registration date and the environmental performance of your car, primarily the g/km of CO2 that it emits. The annual increase in road tax increases in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI).
Until this year, electric vehicles were exempt and electric car owners benefitted from free road tax but this is now changing and electric car owners will now have to start paying vehicle excise duty. Cars that pay road tax in other tax bands and existing electric cars will also be subject to an increase in VED.
Contact your local Volkswagen dealership today for more information
John Clark Volkswagen Aberdeen: 01224 384 000
Specialist Cars Volkswagen Kirkcaldy: 01592 22 00 00
