On this day in auto history - December 30th

Wed 30th Dec 2020

It was on this day in 2002 that superstar singer Diana Ross made worldwide headlines after she was arrested for the drink driving offence which would famously see her end up in jail.

The troubled Motown diva - then 58 - was pulled over by police in Tucson Arizona after a motorist reported seeing a white Honda Accord driving erratically down a road the wrong way in the early hours of the morning.

Reports later emerged that Ross - who initially denied she had been drinking - was so inebriated she couldn’t recite the alphabet and immediately fell over when asked to stand on one leg.

Having been released into the custody of a friend, Ross was to later win a court injunction preventing footage of her roadside drink-driving test being shown but she did eventually spend two nights in jail after eventually admitting the charge.

The tax values are provided by a third-party supplier and while every effort is made to ensure their accuracy please double check with your advisor. If the car was registered after 31/03/2017 then it is subject to new tax rules. All prices we display are for the cars second tax payment onwards. You can find out information on the cars first tax payment here

Cars registered on or after 1 April 2017

Rates for second tax payment onwards

Fuel type	Single 12 month payment	Single 12 month payment by Direct Debit	Total of 12 monthly payments by Direct Debit	Single 6 month payment	Single 6 month payment by Direct Debit
Petrol or diesel	£180	£180	£189	£99	£94.50
Electric	£0	N/A	N/A	£0	N/A
Alternative	£170	£170	£178.50	£93.50	£89.25

Alternative fuel vehicles include hybrids, bioethanol and liquid petroleum gas.

Vehicles with a list price of more than £40,000

You have to pay an extra £390 a year if you have a car with a ‘list price’ (the published price before any discounts) of more than £40,000. You do not have to pay this if you have a zero emission vehicle.

You only have to pay this rate for 5 years (from the second time the vehicle is taxed).

Check the list price with your dealer so you know how much vehicle tax you’ll have to pay.

Fuel type	Single 12 month payment	Single 12 month payment by Direct Debit	Total of 12 monthly payments by Direct Debit	Single 6 month payment	Single 6 month payment by Direct Debit
Petrol or diesel	£570	£570	£598.50	£313.50	£299.25
Alternative	£560	£560	£588	£308	£294