The headline clearly states, "Vehicle Excise Duty: Small car buyers face higher costs"
Now I'm a big fan of Warwick Davis - I'm not into Star Wars so I don't think of him as an Ewok but I loved the spoof documentary he starred in, "Life's Too Short" - there's a brilliant bit where he confounds a psychic by not knowing anyone whose name begins with "J" although this is my all time favourite clip of the show (warning - don't watch this if you're a bit straight-laced)
He's also appeared on Top Gear:
The article is about buyers of small cars - not car-buyers who happen to be small. Basically, anyone who buys a smaller, more efficient new car after April 1st will be worse off (in terms of percentage paid for Road Tax) than those who buy bigger, less efficient cars after that date. There will also be some hefty initial charges on purchase.
And yes, I do know that there is no such thing as "Road Tax" - it is called "Vehicle Excise Duty" (VED) and is a general charge supplementing Government coffers based on pollution etc. It never went to pay for upkeep of the roads - although that is one good thing coming out of these changes - money will go back into tarmac.
It is a very complicated system that is being introduced now, read the article if you want to learn more but, fortunately, any car registered up to that date (including mine) will still go by the older only slightly complicated rules.
This will have an impact down the line of cars registered before that date probably being worth more than those after. Dealerships will probably pre-register a load of vehicles for this very reason.
Chaos will ensue.
What do you think, Warwick?
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