How
many MGBGTV8s are in the UK?
The chart alongside has been produced using data available on the
"How Many Left" website developed
and run by a car geek Olly Smith as a hobby project and maintained
in his spare time. The data he uses is based on the UK "Vehicle
licensing statistics" data published by the Department for Transport,
which in turn is extracted from the DVLA's vehicle database.
How Many Left. Website
link
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How
many MGBGTV8s are in the UK?
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"Taxed"
Historic vehicles
The 40 year rolling exemption from Vehicle Excise Duty
for classic cars was introduced in the Chancellor's Budget
in 2014 for classic vehicles that have had their road
tax class changed to "Historic" on their V5C.
As a rolling exemption this means that, every year on
1st April (the start of the new tax year), the cut-off
date for tax exemption moves forward a year for cars built
before the 1st January that year. |
Chart
above
The data above shows the numbers of MGBGTV8s taxed or
on a SORN in each Q3 of the years seen in the data available
on the "How Many Left" website. There is a clear
change from 2014 to 2015 when owners of eligible cars
were applying for the exemption by changing the road tax
class on the V5C for their car from "Private"
to "Historic". But it looks as if the number
of MGBGTV8s in the UK (either taxed at the NIL VED
rate or on a SORN) is encouragingly remaining steady at
around 1,000 MGBGTV8s.
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