Top 10: Tax-free and MoT-exempt cars for 2018
May 2018 sees all cars more than 40 years of age becoming not just VED-free (as in previous years) but also MoT exempt for the first time thanks to a change in regulations. That means any classic built before 1 January, 1978 is included.
If you already own a 1977 car, you'll need to contact DVLA to change its VED class to 'historic' to take advantage of the tax break. And if you don't, what are you waiting for? Here are ten cars launched into the UK in 1977 that will soon be tax and MoT-exempt in their earliest guise.
Chrysler Sunbeam
The UK launch of the Fiesta might have been the biggest supermini news of 1977, but let’s not forget the arrival of the handsome little Sunbeam later that year. Featuring a cut-down Avenger platform, the Sunbeam was (by necessity) rear-wheel drive. But in every other respect it was a modern offering, with crisp styling and a choice of 1.0- to 1.6-litre powerplants. The Sunbeam was destined to be short-lived (production ceased in 1981), making it one of the more unusual classic superminis of the 21st century.
on 16 March 2018
There are only around 14 on the road and around 7 on SORN. These cars are dead!!beryl gillingham on 18 March 2018
fdif you can afford a rolls why not buy a new one. dont expect you need it tobe mot and tax free at the mpg they do and the huge amount of things that go wrong with them and thats from knowing someone who had one a long time ago. and again i ask why have you not included triumphs in your top ten????Peter McGuire on 18 March 2018
Yes, the only place you might one of those daily drivers is in a scrapyard (if you are lucky).
Most were probably crushed in the last millenium.
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