So, while going greener was already going to require some extra spending on our part, the government also wants a further 50% beyond the extra spend. And you don’t get exemptions from tolls other than ULEZ and our 2007 Golf already doesn’t pay that.

Seems very strange that buying a greener car for just over £40k would incur the same penalty as buying a £195k Mercedes off roader with one of the worst CO2 emissions this century. Seems to be a flaw in a tax which is primarily calculated on emissions.