Vintage Status

[dch1950 37 1 Cars]

Hi all,

I was just checking on the production dates for the Gti and realised that the early 1.6's now qualify for the free tax disc.

Anybody on here got one that old that they are running on the great british highway. (legally of course)

Dave

[rescue dude 0]

You only get free tax if your 205 was built before 1 January 1973.

 

Unless you have a steam powered version?

 

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ownin...sses/DG_4022042

Edited June 23, 2010 by rescue dude

[SurGie 54]

Correct ^^

 

As well as having an electric car.

[dch1950 37 1 Cars]

You only get free tax if your 205 was built before 1 January 1973.

 

Unless you have a steam powered version?

 

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ownin...sses/DG_4022042

Oh Bugger - I thought it was 25 years old

Dave

[Baz 421]

Nope, that stopped some years back and it's now a set date...

[Ryan 99]

Oh Bugger - I thought it was 25 years old

Dave

 

It used to be, but the cut-off date was frozen in 1997. So now it's only cars that were 25 years old before 1997 that qualify.

[pugboyracer 3]

Annoyingly, had they not changed the rules, my 205 would qualify this year.

[muddatrucker 125]

I guess they got worried new cars would last, they wont!

[dch1950 37 1 Cars]

I guess they got worried new cars would last, they wont!

god bless our 205's

[harryskid 193]

So when will 205s qualify for historic racing and rallying then?

[Beastie 1]

As above... with the addition that nothing will ever become "Vintage". The word refers to wine of a "good year" and if it wasn't a good year when the wine was made then it will never become a good year in future. The word was first applied to anything other than wine in 1934 when the "Vintage Sports Car Club" was founded. The young founder members were concerned that the cars produced during the depression in the 1930's were mostly poor compared with the affluent decade which preceded it. They defined "Vintage Cars" as being made between 1919 and 1931 and they used the winemakers' terminology to indicate their consideration that these were "good years" for car production. After the second world war the club acknowledged that some quality cars were manufactured in the 1930s and these were listed as "post vintage thoroughbreds". I seem to remember during the 1990s that a few motoring journalists were calling for the 1980s to become known as the "second vintage decade".

 

I'll put my anorak away now

[peter 20]

That is very interesting, That has made me wonder, would my 1934 MG N type qualify as a "post vintage thoroughbred"?

 

It is a shame as my 205 is a D reg!

Edited June 24, 2010 by peter

[jonnygoodhand 0]

It used to be, but the cut-off date was frozen in 1997. So now it's only cars that were 25 years old before 1997 that qualify.

 

The Tories were talking about re-instating this, during their pre-election speil, so there may be a chance soon...

[rescue dude 0]

The Tories were talking about re-instating this, during their pre-election speil, so there may be a chance soon...

 

 

I wouldn't hold your breath.

[Batfink 201]

I wouldn't hold your breath.

 

not with the debt mountain this country has...

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

considering they give out free tax on new "eco" cars, I don't see why the people who are keeping old cars that were made 20+ years ago should pay tax either

[shalmaneser 26]

considering they give out free tax on new "eco" cars, I don't see why the people who are keeping old cars that were made 20+ years ago should pay tax either

 

Lol when has tax ever made sense?!

 

Chances of us getting free tax in the year future = 0.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

The Tories were talking about re-instating this, during their pre-election speil, so there may be a chance soon...

 

 

Yep indeed, as it was labour who stopped it back in 1997.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

The Tories were talking about re-instating this, during their pre-election speil, so there may be a chance soon...

Several classic car groups have also been pressuring the government to turn this into a rolling 25 years but as yet no movement & tbh I'd be surprised if they did.

 

Graham.

[RossD 44]

We can all but hope that it is reinstated!

[swordfish210 20]

I hope the rolling 25 year band will be reinstated but i can't realisticly see it happening, the country is in too much debt for them to allow thousands of pounds in revenue to suddenly stop coming in. Maybe if the government can dig us out of the defecit there will be more of a chance though.