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Browsing cars on autotrader, I've noticed that some very similar cars have different C02 emissions and subsequent tax bands e.g.
How accurate are these? Does the vendor enter them manually? If not - what would account for the difference?
The 66 plate will be registered before the cut off date for cheaper VED (April '17 ?), no idea why emissions change though
17 plate VW golf diesel reg before 1st April 2017 is £30 tax, after 01/04/17 £150
That made sense, however on this car - https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104211633639 it states tas as £130 but seller thinks it is £30 - Is it possible the seller is right and the emissions (and subsequent VED rate) are lower on this car than autotrader thinks?
Isn't there a gov.uk page you can put the reg in to check?
The gap between 2 tax bands is a single gram of co2, simply putting bigger wheels and non eco tyres on can add 5g, especially if the company have specifically engineered the car to scrape under a barrier. My car is 109g, the next model year (facelift) was 119..
Didn't they recently change the rest cycle so cars now have different MPG and CO2 values than they used to?
Edit: yes, the old test is NEDC and the new one WTLP. Seems that WTLP has been around a while but it wasn't the default labelling til maybe 2019? But you may be seeing different figures.
