These 10 new cars will cost £5,490 just to TAX next year...

Some new cars will cost a staggering £5,490 just to tax from next year when Rachel Reeves' Vehicle Excise Duty raid on petrol and diesel vehicle drivers takes effect in the spring. Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Price: from £63,125 CO2 emissions: 269g/km First-year tax cost: 8.7% of RRP The range-topping Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, which costs from £63,125, is another car that sits in the highest VED banding Anyone ordering a new Jeep Wrangler - which isn't that many people in the UK, in the grand scheme of things - from April next year will probably be inclined to dodge the Rubicon version, as its CO2 output of 269g/km put it in the 5,490 first-year VED tax band. Maserati Levante V6 petrol Price: from £115,215 CO2 emissions: 282g/km First-year tax cost: 4.8% of RRP Maserati's range-topping Levante Modena Ultima SUV with a 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine is another luxury motor that will cost almost £5,500 to tax for the first 12 months from being registered next year Maserati's Levante is a plush but sporty SUV to rival luxury models like the Range Rover Sport and Porsche Cayenne. Other luxury cars that will cost £5,490 to tax for the first year Audi R8 Audi RS6 Audi RS7 Audi RSQ8 Audi S8 Audi SQ7 Audi SQ8 Aston Martin DB12 Aston Martin DBX Aston Martin Vantage Bentley Bentayga Bentley Continental Bentley Flying Spur BMW M8 BMW X5M BMW X6M BMW X7M Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Ferrari Purosangue Ferrari Roma Lamborghini Huracan Lamborghini Urus Lamborghini Revuelto Lotus Emira Maserati MC20 McLaren GT Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Mercedes-Benz G400D Mercedes-Benz G63 Mercedes-Benz GLC63 Mercedes-Benz GLE63 Mercedes-Benz GLS63h Mercedes-Benz SL55 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Porsche 911 Turbo Rolls-Royce Cullinan Rolls-Royce Ghost *all have CO2 emissions in excess of 255g/km Reeves' tax raid on new petrol and diesel cars in detail The Budget document revealed that all zero-emission electric cars will pay the lowest first-year tax rate of just £10 as part of increased efforts to convince drivers to go green. STEALTH TAX ON NEW PETROL AND DIESEL CARS FROM NEXT YEAR - HERE'S HOW MUCH FIRST-YEAR VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY WILL COST BUYERS Emissions CO2 2024-25 first-year VED rate 2025-26 first-year VED rate 0* £0 £10 1-50** £10 £110 51-75** £30 £130 76-90 £135 £270 91-100 £175 £350 101-110 £195 £390 111-130 £220 £440 131-150 £270 £540 151-170 £680 £1,360 171-190 £1,095 £2,190 191-225 £1,650 £3,300 226-255 £2,340 £4,680 Over 255 £2,745 £5,490 *only EVs **only plug-in hybrids Buyers of a mild-hybrid diesel Range Rover that emits 194g/km CO2 will be hit with a showroom tax cost of £3,300 Performance cars will be stung very hard by the tax changes.