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I am expecting to do several renovations over the next couple of years, and I will need to go back to having my own car (or two). I am probably looking for a car to tow heavyish loads on a long (say 4m or 5m) trailer, and a runabout for local work. With road tax changes and very aggressive charges tapers for larger CO2 emissions (now) or larger purchase prices (next year), and in year 1 of ownership. I wonder whether anyone has got their head around the changes? Vehicles are grandfathered at their current rates if per-1/4/2017. Details: http://www.whatcar.com/advice/owning/road-tax-bands/ Ignoring the Year 1 regime, as I am mainly interested in ownership for a number of years and not buying new, it seems to me the sweet spots for minimising road tax seem to be: 1 - Cars pre 1/4/2017 with <120 g/km CO2 - up to £30 per year road tax. 2 - Cars post-1/4/2017 with <1 g/km CO2 - zero road tax. 3 - Smaller or mid-size 4x4s pre 1/4/2017 with roughly <160 g/km CO2. 4 - Larger 4x4s post 1/4/2017 which cost less than £40k new. £140 road tax. My requirements would be: A - ZEV runabout. B - Car / 4x4 able to tow 2000kg and ideally 3000kg, with low road tax, and reliable, LPG is a possibility, but also diesel/petrol since for a reasonably low mileage I would get heavily reduced fuel for all of it via Morrisons. Ideally that last implies a fuel tank of roughly 100 litres. Given that I'm likely to be working through a Ltd Company, I may well need a tachograph in addition. Unfortunately. Recommendations of particular vehicles would be most welcome. Ferdinand