On this day in auto history - January 26th

Tue 26th Jan 2021

On this day in the year 2000 that Ford shocked the financial world by announcing the largest annual profit in the auto industry’s history.

Following an exceptional fourth quarter in 1999, Ford exceeded analyst estimates by returning a massive $7.2 billion annual profit - the largest ever announced at that time.

Industry sales as a whole set an American record in 1999 with over 17 million new vehicles sold, 4.3 million of them by Ford alone.

However, within two years, it was a very different story for Ford when the company was announcing multi-billion losses, plant closures and 35,000 job cuts amid dwindling sales and an expensive turnaround plan.

CarSupermarket.com currently offers an extensive variety of Ford vehicles, all of which can be purchased from the comfort of your armchair and delivered direct to your door anywhere in mainland Britain.

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