One of the options open to me is a very dirty pick up, dirty as in over 200 co2 compared to my Ampera of 27 co2, as a company "van" the current all in yearly tax rate is £1200 for the van and £200 for the fuel. For the Ampera current yearly rate is @£800 for the car and @£400 fuel. Therefore my very clean but expensive environmentally car is more tax efficient than a van for my personal tax bill and better for the world and my grandchildren.
However come 2018 just for the Ampera (at current P11d value of £40,000) the tax bill will be £2,080 not sure of the fuel rate but would probably be pushing £1,000.
Obviously in the examples above I don't have the 2018 van rates but they have not moved much in the past few years, also price cuts for the Ampera would need to be factored in, and you never know the tax rates on white van man may double, who knows.
Hence in 2018 the yearly tax bill for my very clean car will be around £3000, making it @£100 pound a month more actual tax than a very dirty Hilux, Navara etc.
So being totally selfish and at the end of the day why would I want to pay an ever increasing tax premium to drive an environmentally friendly vehicle, when I can drive a tank for less at 22mpg.
Not impressed, and mildly tipsy, please excuse me if it rambles a bit.
Gary