Top 20: Cars in tax band C
Opting for a car that falls into one of the two lowest road tax bands – A and B – makes a whole heap of sense from a purely financial point of view, but can often be found lacking when it comes to driving excitement and performance.
And that’s what makes band C cars particularly interesting, because this is the level at which the balance begins to shift slightly from the worthy to the more sparkling, with more petrol-engined cars and names like BMW, Audi, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz in greater numbers. There’s even an Aston Martin in this list. Well, sort of.
Click through the gallery below to discover the UK’s 20 best band C cars.
Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TDI Bluemotion Tech SE
It might seem a little disingenuous to include a car based on a mechanically similar Golf within the same category, but the fact remains that the Scirocco is a very different car to drive.
Diesel power suits the Scirocco surprisingly well – where other oil-burners can feel like their power bands are restrictively narrow, the 140PS engine delivers real punch from low down in the rev range, while the lower centre of gravity makes a world of difference to the handling.
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