Buying a Congestion Charge exempt car

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Buying a Congestion Charge exempt car

From July 2016 my daughter needs to replace her Toyota Auris hybrid with a vehicle that is exempt from the latest Congestion Charge. She lives in Wandsworth and drives to Bricklayers Arms in Southwark, her place of work being just inside the CC zone. I am not keen on an electric-only car and, having had excellent service from her Auris,and, in the absence of any information from Toyota about an Auris plug-in hybrid, we are looking at a Prius plug-in, either new or used. We would welcome your comments and suggestions.

Asked on 2 January 2016 by John Murphy

Answered by Honest John

I don't think Toyota is repeating the plug-in option with the latest Prius (the reasoning being that few drivers actually ever bother to plug them in). The problem is that with Congestion Charge exemption lowered to 75g/km there are very few plug-in hybrids that actually meet that. The Plug-in version of the Prius III actually does, as do the VW Golf GTE and the excellent Passat GTE. This rather messily purports to list them: www.nextgreencar.com/news/7418/top-10-plugin-cars-.../

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Dear Honest John,

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