Dealer making VED Charge?

[davec]

The sales order for my new GX3h shows a VED charge of £55 which I have queried with the dealer as clearly I believed the car to be zero rated for VED. The response is that this is a Government charge for registering the car with DVLA whether it is road tax free or not. I would call that a 'registration fee' which I would have thought should have been included in the 'on the road price' that was agreed.

What have others here been charged?

 

[maby]

On our invoice it is shown as "REG FEE £55.00". It appears to be an extra over and above the originally quoted price - I honestly don't remember the quoted price down to the last few hundred pounds...

 

[Stu]

Yep, it's the government first reg fee. Applies to all cars regardless of VED rate.

I can accept that mats and petrol should be negotiated at time of purchase and not automatically expected, but I'd be pi$$3d off if the £55 was added on to what was agreed. As the OP states, the OTR price should be exactly that.

I'd be politely querying that with the dealer.

 

[tennopz]

I've just queried this today with the dealer. I was told it is the reg fee. It's shown separately on my invoice but is included in the OTR price.