U.K. Motorists Costs Higher

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32219, 11 February 1970, Page 13

U.K. Motorists Costs Higher

( N ZPA Staff Correspondent) LONDON, February 10. A new family car in Britain costs between £l5O and £3OO more today than it did five years ago, according to the Automobile Association, which also estimates that a motorist driving a 1000 c.c. car 8000 miles a year pays £76 more in yearly running costs than he did five years ago.

Three increases in purchase; tax, which is now 36 2/3 per cent, have largely accounted' for the extra costs, the A. A. says, but increased costs of, labour and raw materials; have also pushed up prices. I Some comparisons of late 1964 and early 1970 prices, compiled by the A.A., are: Mini Super, now £596, was £494: Vauxhall Viva, now; £760, was £566: Austin 1100

11 De Luxe, now £792, was £611; ■ Cortina De Luxe, now £B3O, , was £597; Triumph 2000, now £1412, was £1094: Rover 2000, • now £1514, was £1265: JaLguar E-type, now £2294, was; i £1829. The A.A. adds that the ma-| i jor increase in running costs has been the addition of Is : 9d a gallon in petrol tax > since 1964. This costs an • Q non.miles-a-year man in a » 1000 c.c. car about £32. I