First UK cars hit the road

[cpd1]

Fredo,

Sub 225g CO2 band would certainly be nice, would make it the only full size SUV in that band, as you said a nice competitive advantage although I am sure Ken would find a way to them slap a 4X4 tax only no matter what CO2 is, since he has already said the Lexus RX 400h won't get the Hybrid exemption anymore...
I am sure BMW will try to roll out brake regeneration and other tweaks to take it as low as possible alternatively they should move the upper band to 250g
I agree with ISUK on the fact the market offering is getting out of control and that is the biggest factor the residual front. Look at the R class, that thing is impossible to sell, The GL is nice but too big for the UK and the ML is toast with the X5...The X6 seems to me it is an answer to a question nobody has asked. The smaller SUV makes sense and the X3 has had great success but there are only so many niches the market can take as far as SUV go...
C

[Fredo]

Originally Posted by cpd1

Fredo,

Sub 225g CO2 band would certainly be nice, would make it the only full size SUV in that band, as you said a nice competitive advantage although I am sure Ken would find a way to them slap a 4X4 tax only no matter what CO2 is, since he has already said the Lexus RX 400h won't get the Hybrid exemption anymore...

C

Did some reading about this story on the web. I think it's more that it gets a complete exemption as a Hybrid yet still has a relativelyhigh Co2 output that has got Ken's knickers in a twist. I reckon it will end up in the £8 bracket rather than getting the full £25 kicking. Unless he changes the rules so that they are based on size or weight and not emissions I don't see how he can specifically target SUV's. It's like when is an SUV not as SUV...that new Nissan Qashquai is being marketed as a hatchback alternative but looks like an SUV to me! They have to make the rules workable.....making them very complicated will be an administrative nightmare.

[castex]

Originally Posted by cpd1

he has already said the Lexus RX 400h won't get the Hybrid exemption anymore...

That's outrageous.
Ken is such an idiot - how can he possibly justify that kind of policy?

edited to say Fredo has just explained how...