Road tax 2026/27

Audi RS3 road tax in 2026/27

Road tax (VED) on a Audi RS3 in 2026/27 depends on when it was first registered. A Audi RS3 first registered from 1 April 2017 pays the £200 standard rate each year after its first (plus £440 a year in years 2 to 6 if its list price was over £40,000, or £50,000 for an electric car registered from 1 April 2025). Bought new in 2026/27, the first-year rate across the 4 versions in the VCA database on 28 September 2026 is £3,420, set by WLTP CO2.

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Data to 2026-04-01 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

First year, new: £3,420; 4 versions, September 2026
Typical first year: £3,420; median of current versions
Every year after: £200; standard rate, 2026/27

Audi RS3 registered from April 2017

A new Audi RS3 pays a one-off first-year rate set by its WLTP CO2 figure, then £200 a year. Of the 4 versions in the VCA database on 28 September 2026, the cheapest first year is the RS 3 Saloon TFSI quattro 400PS (2480cc petrol, A7) at 207g/km (£3,420) and the dearest the RS 3 Sportback TFSI quattro 400PS (2480cc petrol, A7) at 213g/km (£3,420). The first-year rate is normally included in a new car's on-the-road price; a used buyer pays from the standard rate.

Expensive Car Supplement: of the 8 Audi RS3 versions sold since September 2025 that could still be paying it in 2026/27, 73 Auto's list-price reference confirms 8 cost over the threshold and pay £440 a year on top, and 0 cost less; the list price of the other 0 is not known to us, so we do not say either way.

Of the 8,557 Audi RS3s licensed in the UK at 31 December 2025 (DfT), 19% were first used between 2002 and 2016 and so pay by CO2 band, 73% from 2018 onwards and pay the flat rate, and 0% before 2001, taxed by engine size; the remaining 8% were first used in 2001 or 2017, when the rules changed part-way through the year.

Audi RS3 first-year road tax (bought new in 2026/27)

Audi RS3 versions by first-licence VED band, 2026/27
WLTP CO2	First year	Versions	Then
191-225g/km	£3,420	4	£200 a year

Versions in the VCA database on 28 September 2026, taxed by 73 Auto's VED engine as a first licence taken out on 1 April 2026. Plug-in hybrids use the weighted combined CO2 figure.

Does a Audi RS3 pay the Expensive Car Supplement?

Versions listed in each VCA snapshot, treated as first registered then and renewing in 2026/27. The status comes from 73 Auto's VED engine and list-price reference; “not known” means we have no confirmed list price for that version.

Audi RS3 versions by Expensive Car Supplement status in 2026/27, by when they were on sale
On sale	Versions	Pays £440	Under threshold	Not known
September 2025	4	4	0	0
Now	4	4	0	0

Electric versions first registered before 1 April 2025 are not counted here: under GOV.UK rules they never pay the supplement.

At a glance

Audi RS3 road tax in 2026/27 by first-registration date
Figure	Value	Basis
First year, new	£3,420	WLTP CO2, 4 current versions
From 1 April 2017	£200	standard rate after the first year
Expensive Car Supplement	+£440	from 1 April 2017, list price over £40,000 (£50,000 electric from April 2025), years 2–6

Limitations

Rates are the 2026/27 rates for a 12-month licence taken out from 2026-04-01; paying monthly or for six months costs slightly more. The CO2 figure is the official type-approval figure the VCA published when each version was on sale, which is normally the figure on the V5C, but a car's own V5C is what DVLA uses. Some versions were sold under a different model name (for example estate or MPV variants), and the VCA's list does not say how many of each were sold, so the version counts are not a guide to how common each band is on the road. The Expensive Car Supplement depends on the original list price including options, which the VCA list does not carry. Figures are calculated with 73 Auto's VED engine from the DVLA rate tables.

See the exact tax on a specific Audi RS3

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Where these figures come from

Car fuel data, CO2 and vehicle tax tools: archived database snapshots (15 snapshots, 2001–2016) — Vehicle Certification Agency. Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Car fuel data, CO2 and vehicle tax tools: WLTP database snapshots (2020 to the live database of 2026-09-28) — Vehicle Certification Agency. Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Vehicle Excise Duty rates 2026/27 (V149), as implemented in 73 Auto's VED engine — DVLA (GOV.UK). Open Government Licence v3.0.
Licensed cars by year of first use (VEH0124) — Department for Transport and DVLA. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Tax per version, ranges and shares (73 Auto calculation with its VED engine) — 73 Auto. Derived figures.
Original list prices behind the Expensive Car Supplement status (73 Auto list-price reference) — 73 Auto. Derived figures.

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.