Brown to target gas guzzlers with taxes

U.K. – Road tax is expected to be abolished for the “greenest” cars under plans in the Budget to encourage drivers to move away from gas-guzzling cars and four-wheel drive vehicles.

Mr Brown is likely to approve a radical shift in road tax, by imposing a new top rate of road tax – possibly up to

Industry insiders expect the new top rate of road tax to be imposed on cars which pump out 200g to 250g of carbon dioxide per kilometre driven, a band designed to catch large cars and the so-called Chelsea tractors.

The new top band will be about