Expensive Car Supplement
Expensive Car Supplement by model
73 Auto checked 25,283 base list prices for 157 models from 21 makes, taken from dated Autocar UK price lists since 2017, against the Expensive Car Supplement thresholds (£40,000 for petrol, diesel and hybrid cars; £50,000 for zero-emission cars registered from 2025-04-01). Every listed version of 46 models was over; 79 models had some versions over; 32 could go over only with options. A car that pays owes £440 a year for 5 years.
Data to 2026-09-23 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto
- Every listed version pays
- 46
- models, every version over the threshold
- Some versions pay
- 79
- models, at least one version over
- Options decide
- 32
- models within £7,500 of it
Models checked
Sorted by make. Counts are versions in the price lists summarised on each model's page.
| Model | Verdict | Price lists | Versions over / priced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audi A1 | May pay, depending on options | 2018–2024 | 0 / 310 |
| Audi A3 | Some versions pay | 2017–2020 | 4 / 1,238 |
| Audi A4 | Some versions pay | 2020–2021 | 85 / 346 |
| Audi A5 | Some versions pay | 2019–2025 | 458 / 654 |
| Audi A6 | Some versions pay | 2018–2025 | 528 / 576 |
| Audi A6 e-tron | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 9 / 9 |
| Audi A7 | Every listed version pays | 2017–2025 | 261 / 261 |
| Audi A8 | Every listed version pays | 2017–2026 | 236 / 236 |
| Audi Q2 | Some versions pay | 2019–2025 | 7 / 263 |
| Audi Q3 | Some versions pay | 2017–2024 | 209 / 422 |
| Audi Q4 e-tron | Some versions pay | 2025 | 21 / 24 |
| Audi Q5 | Some versions pay | 2019–2021 | 64 / 70 |
| Audi Q6 e-tron | Every listed version pays | 2026 | 18 / 18 |
| Audi Q7 | Every listed version pays | 2020–2025 | 175 / 175 |
| Audi Q8 | Every listed version pays | 2022–2025 | 112 / 112 |
| Audi R8 | Every listed version pays | 2020–2022 | 19 / 19 |
| Audi RS Q3 | Every listed version pays | 2021 | 5 / 5 |
| Audi RS Q8 | Every listed version pays | 2024–2026 | 11 / 11 |
| Audi RS3 | Every listed version pays | 2019–2025 | 32 / 32 |
| Audi RS5 | Every listed version pays | 2019–2024 | 29 / 29 |
| Audi S5 | Every listed version pays | 2019 | 3 / 3 |
| Audi TT | Some versions pay | 2017–2022 | 119 / 211 |
| Audi e-tron GT | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 7 / 7 |
| BMW 1 Series | Some versions pay | 2017–2020 | 1 / 583 |
| BMW 2 Series | Some versions pay | 2017–2024 | 29 / 361 |
| BMW 2 Series Active Tourer | Some versions pay | 2019–2025 | 7 / 159 |
| BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer | May pay, depending on options | 2019 | 0 / 39 |
| BMW 3 Series | Some versions pay | 2017–2021 | 214 / 750 |
| BMW 4 Series | Some versions pay | 2017–2021 | 101 / 340 |
| BMW 5 Series | Some versions pay | 2020–2021 | 322 / 353 |
| BMW 7 Series | Every listed version pays | 2017–2022 | 201 / 201 |
| BMW 8 Series | Every listed version pays | 2019–2024 | 66 / 66 |
| BMW i4 | Every listed version pays | 2025–2026 | 10 / 10 |
| BMW i7 | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 7 / 7 |
| BMW iX | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 49 / 49 |
| CUPRA Ateca | Some versions pay | 2025 | 3 / 4 |
| CUPRA Formentor | Some versions pay | 2021–2025 | 36 / 71 |
| CUPRA Leon | Some versions pay | 2022 | 4 / 8 |
| CUPRA Tavascan | Some versions pay | 2026 | 3 / 4 |
| Ford Explorer | Some versions pay | 2025 | 1 / 5 |
| Ford Focus | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2023 | 0 / 805 |
| Ford Galaxy | Some versions pay | 2017–2021 | 10 / 251 |
| Ford Kuga | Some versions pay | 2017–2023 | 7 / 563 |
| Ford Mondeo | May pay, depending on options | 2022 | 0 / 68 |
| Ford Mustang | Some versions pay | 2019–2024 | 121 / 133 |
| Ford Mustang Mach-E | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 5 / 5 |
| Ford Puma | May pay, depending on options | 2020–2024 | 0 / 57 |
| Hyundai Ioniq 6 | Some versions pay | 2026 | 3 / 4 |
| Hyundai Kona | May pay, depending on options | 2021–2024 | 0 / 74 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 24 / 49 |
| Hyundai Tucson | Some versions pay | 2017–2026 | 50 / 239 |
| Hyundai i30 | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2024 | 0 / 77 |
| Jaguar E-Pace | Some versions pay | 2019–2021 | 115 / 261 |
| Jaguar F-Pace | Some versions pay | 2019–2024 | 201 / 234 |
| Jaguar F-Type | Every listed version pays | 2020–2021 | 74 / 74 |
| Jaguar XE | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 46 / 229 |
| Jaguar XF | Some versions pay | 2019–2021 | 143 / 211 |
| Jaguar XJ | Every listed version pays | 2017–2019 | 52 / 52 |
| Kia EV3 | May pay, depending on options | 2025 | 0 / 4 |
| Kia EV4 | May pay, depending on options | 2026 | 0 / 6 |
| Kia EV9 | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 4 / 4 |
| Kia Niro | Some versions pay | 2019–2025 | 1 / 23 |
| Kia Sorento | Some versions pay | 2017–2026 | 34 / 52 |
| Kia Sportage | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2020 | 0 / 151 |
| Kia Stinger | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 5 / 34 |
| Kia XCeed | May pay, depending on options | 2020–2024 | 0 / 15 |
| Land Rover Defender | Every listed version pays | 2020–2025 | 170 / 170 |
| Land Rover Discovery | Some versions pay | 2017–2025 | 103 / 104 |
| Land Rover Discovery Sport | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 264 / 418 |
| Land Rover Range Rover | Every listed version pays | 2017–2026 | 218 / 218 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | Some versions pay | 2019–2024 | 251 / 376 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Sport | Every listed version pays | 2017–2024 | 205 / 205 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Velar | Every listed version pays | 2019–2024 | 316 / 316 |
| Lexus ES | Some versions pay | 2019–2025 | 8 / 13 |
| Lexus IS | Some versions pay | 2017–2021 | 16 / 187 |
| Lexus LBX | Some versions pay | 2025 | 2 / 8 |
| Lexus LS | Every listed version pays | 2017–2025 | 46 / 46 |
| Lexus NX | Some versions pay | 2019–2025 | 99 / 130 |
| Lexus RX | Every listed version pays | 2019–2025 | 102 / 102 |
| Lexus RZ | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 7 / 7 |
| Lexus UX | Some versions pay | 2020–2025 | 52 / 129 |
| MINI Clubman | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2020 | 0 / 543 |
| MINI Countryman | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2020 | 0 / 248 |
| MINI Hatch | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2025 | 0 / 233 |
| Mercedes-Benz B-Class | Some versions pay | 2025 | 3 / 8 |
| Mercedes-Benz C-Class | Some versions pay | 2021–2025 | 102 / 229 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLA | Some versions pay | 2019–2024 | 31 / 74 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLE | Every listed version pays | 2024–2025 | 44 / 44 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLS | Every listed version pays | 2017–2024 | 32 / 32 |
| Mercedes-Benz EQA | Some versions pay | 2025 | 6 / 7 |
| Mercedes-Benz EQB | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 7 / 7 |
| Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 20 / 20 |
| Mercedes-Benz EQS | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 18 / 18 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLA | Some versions pay | 2020–2021 | 9 / 31 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLB | Some versions pay | 2020–2026 | 18 / 19 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLC | Some versions pay | 2017–2025 | 162 / 191 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE | Every listed version pays | 2019–2025 | 59 / 59 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS | Every listed version pays | 2020–2023 | 17 / 17 |
| Mercedes-Benz S-Class | Every listed version pays | 2019–2026 | 58 / 58 |
| Mercedes-Benz SL | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 5 / 5 |
| Nissan Ariya | Some versions pay | 2025 | 6 / 11 |
| Nissan Qashqai | Some versions pay | 2017–2024 | 7 / 596 |
| Nissan X-Trail | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2021 | 0 / 283 |
| Peugeot 3008 | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 13 / 157 |
| Peugeot 308 | Some versions pay | 2017–2024 | 2 / 178 |
| Peugeot 408 | Some versions pay | 2026 | 2 / 4 |
| Peugeot 5008 | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 6 / 101 |
| Peugeot 508 | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 13 / 107 |
| Porsche 718 Boxster | Every listed version pays | 2017–2025 | 20 / 20 |
| Porsche 718 Cayman | Every listed version pays | 2019–2026 | 25 / 25 |
| Porsche 911 | Every listed version pays | 2026 | 14 / 14 |
| Porsche Cayenne | Every listed version pays | 2017–2025 | 37 / 37 |
| Porsche Macan | Every listed version pays | 2025 | 8 / 8 |
| Porsche Panamera | Every listed version pays | 2019–2024 | 128 / 128 |
| SEAT Ateca | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2022 | 0 / 395 |
| SEAT Leon | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2022 | 0 / 635 |
| SEAT Tarraco | Some versions pay | 2019–2021 | 11 / 105 |
| Skoda Enyaq | Some versions pay | 2025 | 7 / 42 |
| Skoda Kamiq | May pay, depending on options | 2021–2025 | 0 / 33 |
| Skoda Karoq | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2021 | 0 / 169 |
| Skoda Kodiaq | Some versions pay | 2019–2023 | 49 / 368 |
| Skoda Octavia | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2022 | 0 / 326 |
| Skoda Superb | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 30 / 394 |
| Tesla Model 3 | Some versions pay | 2025 | 1 / 4 |
| Toyota C-HR | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2021 | 0 / 227 |
| Toyota Corolla | May pay, depending on options | 2020–2025 | 0 / 91 |
| Toyota GR Supra | Every listed version pays | 2020 | 3 / 3 |
| Toyota GR Yaris | Some versions pay | 2021–2025 | 8 / 17 |
| Toyota GT86 | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2020 | 0 / 76 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | Some versions pay | 2020–2021 | 31 / 52 |
| Toyota Prius | May pay, depending on options | 2017–2022 | 0 / 74 |
| Toyota RAV4 | Some versions pay | 2018–2024 | 34 / 157 |
| Toyota Yaris Cross | May pay, depending on options | 2022–2025 | 0 / 127 |
| Toyota bZ4X | Some versions pay | 2025 | 5 / 14 |
| Vauxhall Astra | Some versions pay | 2017–2025 | 2 / 365 |
| Vauxhall Corsa | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2022 | 0 / 238 |
| Vauxhall Grandland | May pay, depending on options | 2025 | 0 / 20 |
| Volkswagen Arteon | Some versions pay | 2020–2021 | 20 / 52 |
| Volkswagen Golf | Some versions pay | 2017–2022 | 6 / 716 |
| Volkswagen ID.3 | May pay, depending on options | 2025–2026 | 0 / 18 |
| Volkswagen ID.4 | Some versions pay | 2025 | 1 / 6 |
| Volkswagen ID.5 | Some versions pay | 2025 | 1 / 4 |
| Volkswagen Passat | Some versions pay | 2017–2021 | 20 / 380 |
| Volkswagen T-Cross | May pay, depending on options | 2019–2025 | 0 / 73 |
| Volkswagen T-Roc | Some versions pay | 2020–2024 | 5 / 121 |
| Volkswagen Taigo | May pay, depending on options | 2025–2026 | 0 / 16 |
| Volkswagen Tiguan | Some versions pay | 2017–2022 | 23 / 312 |
| Volkswagen Touareg | Some versions pay | 2017–2022 | 112 / 117 |
| Volvo EX30 | May pay, depending on options | 2025 | 0 / 7 |
| Volvo EX40 | Some versions pay | 2025 | 9 / 11 |
| Volvo S60 | May pay, depending on options | 2018 | 0 / 229 |
| Volvo S90 | Some versions pay | 2018 | 2 / 6 |
| Volvo V60 | Some versions pay | 2018–2022 | 61 / 472 |
| Volvo V90 | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 243 / 264 |
| Volvo XC40 | Some versions pay | 2019–2022 | 40 / 301 |
| Volvo XC60 | Some versions pay | 2017–2021 | 160 / 326 |
| Volvo XC90 | Every listed version pays | 2018–2025 | 263 / 263 |
How the verdicts are worked out
For each model and year, 73 Auto compares every version's base list price with the threshold that applies to its powertrain. “Every listed version pays” means no version was at or under it; “Some versions pay” means at least one version was over; “May pay, depending on options” means none was over but at least one was within £7,500, because factory options count towards the list price.
37 models whose dearest version was more than £7,500 under the threshold are not listed: they are very unlikely to pay, but options and versions missing from the snapshots mean we cannot prove they never do. A further 29 models lack enough dated price lists since 2017. See how the supplement works.
Limitations
Prices come from dated snapshots of Autocar's UK price tables in the Internet Archive, summarised by 73 Auto. They are not DVLA records, and a version sold between snapshots may be missing.
The price that counts is the car's original list price including options, shown on its sales invoice, not the V5C. Only the VED rate DVLA actually charges confirms whether a car pays.
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Where these figures come from
- Autocar UK prices and specs tables, dated snapshots in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine — Autocar (Haymarket Media), via the Internet Archive. Price lists not reproduced; 73 Auto publishes summary figures only.
- Vehicle tax rates (V149): Expensive Car Supplement thresholds and amount — GOV.UK (DVLA). Open Government Licence v3.0.
Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.