Road Tax query for 2010-15 90's

Hi folks,
I'm hoping someone here can give me a straightforward answer that so far hours of trawing through Google hits has failed to do...
I'm looking to get a Defender 90 from 2010-2015 and am trying to make sense of the road tax bands. I was using the cartaxcheck.co.uk website, but it's not always agreeing with various dealers adverts. I was under the (possibly misguided) idea that the 2.2 engine fell into the £295 band and the 2.4 into the £630, but I'm finding an awful lot of 2.2's listed as being £630. Is it to do with the trim / spec???
Cheers folks
Anne

Can't give you a definitive answer, but; I have a 2012 2.2XS station wagon. It benefits from the lower tax band and is registered as Light Goods Vehicle in the taxation class. The V5C gives the body type as Light 4x4 Utility, this is important as it is one of the few exceptions for LGV's not to have to comply with the lower speed limits for goods vehicles on the King's highway. The practical way to find how much the tax is for a vehicle you are looking at buying, is to get the 11 figure document reference number off the V5C and check the tax rate on the gov.uk website.

Thanks Wimblowdriver,
the only issue is that I'm trying to compare various vehicles for sale through umpteen dealers so don't have sight of the V5C. I'm starting to wonder if the body type you mention has some bearing on it, I've found two 2015 2.2XS Station wagons, both with exactly the same C02 emission outputs but one shows £290 tax and the other £630. The higher rate one is described as a 'sports utility', though I'm not sure if thats a technical term or the dealers description. Its a great shame all the main reference places like Parkers etc no longer have any details for the older models.

Ask the dealers to provide the V5C reference number. If they've nothing to hide they should let you have it.

As wimblowbrivers says You need to check if they are registered as commercial vehicles or a “car”.

if it’s a registered as a car it’s in the higher tax.

Margo Ledbetter said:

the only issue is that I'm trying to compare various vehicles for sale through umpteen dealers

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