velocipede6295 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:24 pm Changed my bike last Saturday to a Forza 300, which I taxed whilst at the dealer at £45 for 12 months. Today I taxed my wife's car, a Ford Fiesta, petrol, 1242cc engine, at £30 for 12 months. The Fiesta engine is more than 4 times in size, to that of the Forza and the weight / mass of the Fiesta must also be 4 times or more that of the Forza, yet I am paying 50% more in road tax for the Forza. The emissions of a 279cc petrol engine must be less, to my mind, than that of a 1242cc petrol engine , and the scooter takes up much less of the road, plus does 85 -90 mpg compared to about 45 mpg of the Fiesta, and will wear the road out less than a car.

Can anyone throw any light on why we pay more, for a small scooter, than for a car, in road tax?

riders in the storm wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:49 am

velocipede6295 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:24 pm Changed my bike last Saturday to a Forza 300, which I taxed whilst at the dealer at £45 for 12 months. Today I taxed my wife's car, a Ford Fiesta, petrol, 1242cc engine, at £30 for 12 months. The Fiesta engine is more than 4 times in size, to that of the Forza and the weight / mass of the Fiesta must also be 4 times or more that of the Forza, yet I am paying 50% more in road tax for the Forza. The emissions of a 279cc petrol engine must be less, to my mind, than that of a 1242cc petrol engine , and the scooter takes up much less of the road, plus does 85 -90 mpg compared to about 45 mpg of the Fiesta, and will wear the road out less than a car.

Can anyone throw any light on why we pay more, for a small scooter, than for a car, in road tax?

Yes the road tax rates are madness.......

But in fairness your Fiesta wouldn't be £30 now, vehicles registered after April 17 are £155..........