|
Forums39
Topics49,846
Posts837,383
Members9,596
| |
Most Online1,063
Jun 14th, 2026
|
|
|
There are no members with birthdays on this day. |
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 294 Likes: 5
Learner Plates Off!
|
Learner Plates Off!
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 294 Likes: 5 |
Appears that UK road tax will end up as either £260 or £460 (first year £580 or £1000), depending which of those two CO2 emissions figures is correct (that's assuming that attempts to qualify for tricycle classification -under 450Kg kerb weight - have failed. As a trike, it would have been £74 pa.). Ouch! 
Nick
Connaught Green Roadster S3 V6
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,560 Likes: 12
Talk Morgan Addict
|
|
Talk Morgan Addict
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,560 Likes: 12 |
I understand from someone who was at the factory recently that they are taking the weight issue very seriously, and are weighing each component in the car to see exactly where the weight is, and they seem confident that they could easily reduce the weight to the necesary level to get into the cyclecar tax band, time, however will tell!
Car levels of tax are a huge dampner and will go a long way in spoiling the ownership experience.
Paul
[At last, I have a car I can polish]
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 836
Talk Morgan Regular
|
|
Talk Morgan Regular
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 836 |
Appears that UK road tax will end up as either £260 or £460 (first year £580 or £1000), depending which of those two CO2 emissions figures is correct (that's assuming that attempts to qualify for tricycle classification -under 450Kg kerb weight - have failed. As a trike, it would have been £74 pa.). Ouch! Im surprised that Morgan would have made such an error as that is a huge difference in expense passed onto the customer for someone over on that side of the pond. Fortunately for those of us in the US, it doesn't work that way. I do wonder if as time goes by that Morgan will make 3W that reach under the 450Kg limit for those of you over there. Quite possibly, Morgan may have already fixed these issues as it wouldnt be the first time that Mogwire was not correct. Also, I would be shocked if the CO2 numbers are that high considering how much S&S does with emission standards both for their company and how much other companies pay to have S&S help them with emissions. BTW, the current lineup of HD motorcycles, the highers CO2 I could find was 147.6, with more of them being in the 120 range. I would be shocked that the S&S motor was that much higher.
Last edited by Krod; 19/01/12 12:15 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,727
Green & Grown Up Talk Morgan Addict
|
|
Green & Grown Up Talk Morgan Addict
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,727 |
Appears that UK road tax will end up as either £260 or £460 (first year £580 or £1000), depending which of those two CO2 emissions figures is correct (that's assuming that attempts to qualify for tricycle classification -under 450Kg kerb weight - have failed. As a trike, it would have been £74 pa.). Ouch! This whole Road Tax thing mystifies me. There need to be a 'Fairness Factor' built in by the Boffins (with half a brain). I have seen a Massive Ford Based Camper Van and a recent Ford Puma Engined Land Rover SWB Defender, both taxed for £125.00 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,560 Likes: 12
Talk Morgan Addict
|
|
Talk Morgan Addict
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,560 Likes: 12 |
Has anybody tried to contact S&S directly to ask them? It would be in their own interest to correct any misinformation being put out, we could also ask why the power has mysteriously shrunk from 115bhp to 80bhp - according to Mogwire anyway.
Paul
[At last, I have a car I can polish]
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,564
NGUNS!! Part of the Furniture
|
|
NGUNS!! Part of the Furniture
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,564 |
Cheers
BtG
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,558 Likes: 5
Talk Morgan Enthusiast
|
|
Talk Morgan Enthusiast
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,558 Likes: 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 22,358 Likes: 353
Roadster Guru Member of the Inner Circle
|
|
Roadster Guru Member of the Inner Circle
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 22,358 Likes: 353 |
If the tax is too dear Just tax half a year........ 
DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 48
Just Getting Started
|
|
OP
Just Getting Started
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 48 |
The figure is CO not CO2 it seems. Where that leaves the banding I am not sure, but as you say perhaps a 6 months disc in the first year is a way of keeping the costs down.
Life is Better by the Sea
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 14,009
Member of the Inner Circle
|
|
Member of the Inner Circle
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 14,009 |
Well in the UK with no heater, windscreen or roof  you may as well tax it for the better 6 months of the year and keep it tucked away over winter.....and save money 
Jays
Former Morgan owner. Gone but hopefully not forgotten!
|
|
|
|
|
"Mogwire"? 
..... 
.... 
