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caesar · Mar 17th, 2008, 07:20 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kevkbuk (original)

I don't think that's correct, I have an early R56 without the fuel saving features and I looked into this when I purchased the kit. I seem to remember it did increase the emissions slightly, but this wouldn't change the road tax as that is only concerned with the emissions of the car from the factory. The later model with fuel saving technology had lower emissions standard, so I would assume the same is still true if not more so.

Yes that's correct, the new Mini's with start/stop fuel saving are now in a lower road tax bracket since the new budget was announced

So it will depend on whether or not you have this.

Mar 17th, 2008, 07:20 PM	#552
caesar MINI2 Senior Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wales Local Time: 06:08 PM Posts: 728 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by kevkbuk (original) I don't think that's correct, I have an early R56 without the fuel saving features and I looked into this when I purchased the kit. I seem to remember it did increase the emissions slightly, but this wouldn't change the road tax as that is only concerned with the emissions of the car from the factory. The later model with fuel saving technology had lower emissions standard, so I would assume the same is still true if not more so. Yes that's correct, the new Mini's with start/stop fuel saving are now in a lower road tax bracket since the new budget was announced So it will depend on whether or not you have this.