Tax Banding for Cooper

[Chris.F]

According to today's Auto Express Car Tax band is ' C ' for the Cooper 121-150 g/km (£100) rather than 'E' GOOD NEWS saves fifty pounds. My dealer now owes me £50 on the invoice

Also very positive report, 5 stars, improvements all round. 48 mpg, Corners like a go-kart!


The S appears to be just in band D (<165) @ 164 g/km £125 both Cooper and S now on DVLA site.

[Near Oxford Mini]

Our Cooper Auto is in on the Invoice for £190 at the moment. No news on the Auto CO2 yet?

Still lost out on £50 though as when the Storage Pack was deleted the Clear Indicators appeared as £50 but on the original invoice were £0

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Near Oxford Mini (original)

Our Cooper Auto is in on the Invoice for £190 at the moment. No news on the Auto CO2 yet?

Nothing yet, even the brochure has no figures, which is odd with the auto being available from December. Can't believe MINI are already looking at a re-print!

Quote: Originally Posted by Near Oxford Mini (original)

Still lost out on £50 though as when the Storage Pack was deleted the Clear Indicators appeared as £50 but on the original invoice were £0

There was an error on the original options lists on SA3 (the dealer's configurator) that showed these as a no-cost option, but only for a few days.

[rec]

dealer owes me £50 then... bonus.

[Trophy160]

Quote: Originally Posted by Near Oxford Mini (original)

Our Cooper Auto is in on the Invoice for £190 at the moment. No news on the Auto CO2 yet?

Still lost out on £50 though as when the Storage Pack was deleted the Clear Indicators appeared as £50 but on the original invoice were £0

You can check the VED rating from the VCA
VCAcarfueldata.org.uk - VED Calculator

No info on the Cooper Auto yet though

Paul

[KenL]

Excellent news on the road tax, though, not as cheap as the £40 for my Toyota Aygo

Am interested to hear if anyone actually gets close to the mpg figures being quoted - I am very suspicious they are overly optimistic

[Chris.F]

Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original)

Am interested to hear if anyone actually gets close to the mpg figures being quoted - I am very suspicious they are overly optimistic

The new engines in all cars are improving mpg beyond recognition. Our new Warrior 2.5Di is doing a minimum 38mpg. (Road Tax same as a Cooper). Our (06) 2.2 CRV does 43-48mpg. The Alfa 2.0JTS does a regular 55-58mpg on a cross country run. (Yes we have a few cars!)

Compare this to my dads 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee he's just got rid of. That was a 4.0litre sraight six Auto that did 12 mpg at best wind assisted (Felt like 10 lamposts to the £1)

[KenL]

48mpg combined just seems too good for a 1.6 car. My Golf with a pretty high tech 1.6 engine managed about 40 combined for me. The official figure is 41 I think.

The MINI is lighter so maybe the claims are real - let's hope so.

[babelfish]

This is one of my main reasons for planning a comeback to the brand, as with my daily commute, the fill ups needed to come down.