General road tax
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General road tax
Oh boohoo!
1.4 petrol, £180
1.4 petrol, £180
That was for 12 months, so you would be paying £268 for 12 months, thats a disgrace crikey you might as well drive a v8!
I don't get that, the 1.9 diesel Punto I was looking at was only about £60 for 6 months so how can the Dobbie's emissions be so much higher??
i was reading the leaflets that came in the letter & since april there's noww 14 bands of road tax depending on emissions my 53 1.9d dobby is rated at 208 g per something or other. what a nightmare
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I don't get it if it's the same engine though, I could understand if the emissions were slightly different but that's a hell of a leap!
208 co2's is quite high in the scheme of things, a lot depends on the engine management and how hot the manufacturers were on acheiving a low rating at the time. In 2003 its didnt matter as there werent all these bands hence a high rating, in 2010 everything is setup lean.
Fiat doesn't try too hard for lean though.
The 1.3 Diesel in the 500 still comes in at over the 100g/km threshold, whereas the same engine in the GM Corsa, with the same bhp, falls below the 100 and incurs zero tax. 100,000 mile warranty now too
Fiat's 1.6 Diesel is nothing special economy or C/O2 wise either.
I'm not quite sure what Fiat is tuning their engines for, but it isn't particularly economy or power. They do drive well though. The old 1.9 non-turbo was never great, either power or economy wise though. In it's day it was the run-out engine while Fiat introduced the 1.9 Turbo, which is both more powerful and slightly better on emissions.
The 1.3 Diesel in the 500 still comes in at over the 100g/km threshold, whereas the same engine in the GM Corsa, with the same bhp, falls below the 100 and incurs zero tax. 100,000 mile warranty now too
Fiat's 1.6 Diesel is nothing special economy or C/O2 wise either.
I'm not quite sure what Fiat is tuning their engines for, but it isn't particularly economy or power. They do drive well though. The old 1.9 non-turbo was never great, either power or economy wise though. In it's day it was the run-out engine while Fiat introduced the 1.9 Turbo, which is both more powerful and slightly better on emissions.
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