are these jeep/pickups classed as a jeep or a pick up?

Question

im not sure what they are called but all i can say it is, a sort 0f 4x4 but also a pick-up. (mitshubishi animal is it????)

anyway due to the announcement that the tax has gone up to £400 a year on a 4x4, will this also be increesed on these 4x4 pickups?

are these motors im trying to explain classed as a pick-up or a 4x4?

Answer 1

The classifications of pick-up and 4x4 are not used by the UK Government, just the classifications of car or commercial vehicle. commercial vehicles are then split into light goods vehicles (laden weight less than 3.5 tonnes) and heavy goods vehicles (laden weight over 3.5 tonnes).
Jeep is the name of a single manufacturer that specialises in 4x4 cars.

If a vehicle is a single-cab pick-up, then the UK Revenue and Customs classify it as a commercial vehicle (light goods).
If it is an extended-cab or double-cab pick-up with a payload capability of over 1 tonne, then it is also classified as a commercial vehicle (light goods). Most current double-cab pick-ups have payloads of just over 1 tonne, so they are classified as commercial vehicles.

The rule is that if a vehicle has windows on the sides behind the front seats, and a payload capability of less than 1 tonne, Revenue and Customs classify it as a car. This applies to all vehicles, not just pick-ups (it is why a UK-specification Fiesta van has no rear side windows).

The £400 rate comes in next year (it is £300 this year), and applies to all cars registered on or after 23rd March 2006 with official CO2 emissions of more than 225g/km. It does not apply specifically to 4x4s - some 4x4s are below 225g/km, while many other cars (sports/performance cars, large MPVs, large saloons and estates, and even some smaller cars with automatic transmission) are above 225g/km.

To answer the question you were trying to ask, most 4x4 pick-ups will not be in the £400 tax band next year.