On this day in auto history - December 5th

Sat 5th Dec 2020

It was on this day in 1997 that Britain’s champion racing river Nigel Mansell was stopped by police on a country road in Somerset for the offence which would famously lead to a driving ban.

The then 43-year-old - winner of the Formula One world championship five years earlier - was caught breaking the 70mph speed limit in a brand new turbo-charged Bentley he'd purchased two weeks previously for £233,000.

As Mansell had already accumulated nine penalty points for previous speeding offences, the Somerset indiscretion saw Yeovil magistrates ban him from driving for six months and fine him £400.

Mansell's ban was an embarrassment for the RAC given that they had used the star only months previously to launch a new learner-driver training package.

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