Used Car Road Tax

        -    Go to the DVLA Car Lookup Tool - click the underlined words in blue to get started, this will open in a new window.

        -    On the left hand side click 'Vehicle Enquiry', then click 'Next'

        -    Enter the registration number and click the down arrow to select the manufacturer of the car

        -    Click next and you'll be presented with the information that the DVLA hold on that car, plus the Vehicle Excise Duty rate (road tax, car tax - whatever you choose to call it) for 6 or 12 months.

Now, having completed that, it's worth knowing that there are literally hundreds of new and used cars with annual road tax of less than £100 - some are completely free from road tax! What's more, all new cars which fall into bands A to D (up to 130 Co2 g/km) have free road tax for the first year. Here's some of our most popular pages to get you started if you're looking for a new car with lower road tax:

        -    Road Tax Bands. Our explanation of how the A to M banding system works

        -    First Year Road Tax. Our explanation of the First Year road tax for brand new cars

        -    Road Tax 2012. A simple to follow table of prices for road tax based on emission levels

        -    Band A Cars. A list of all new cars which have Free First Year & FREE annual road tax under current legislation

        -    Band B Cars. A list of all new cars which have Free First Year & £20 annual road tax under current legislation

        -    Band C Cars. A list of all new cars which have Free First Year & £30 annual road tax under current legislation

        -    Band D Cars. A list of all new cars which have Free First Year & £95 annual road tax under current legislation

        -    Free Road Tax. A list of all new cars which have FREE first-year road tax (ie all in bands A to D)

How much is car tax?

If you're trying to find out how much your Road Tax will be this year then there are 2 ways to do this: Firstly, if you know the Co2 emissions of your car then simply use our Road Tax Prices article. You'll find the emissions data for your car on your V5C document (log book) - click here for an example of where to find it.

Up to 1549 cc:   £130

1550 cc +:         £215

Don’t be fooled into thinking you have to buy a new car to bring down the cost of road tax. The simple fact is you don’t have to buy a new car to save money on road tax. There are many used car “gems” that offer economic, low emission motoring with low road tax costs. Indeed there are many low road tax used cars available in Bands A to C that either offer free road tax or as little as £30 per year…read on.

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