Hi, newbie here! Sorry to disappoint, but the VED on the C1 will be £20 in 2010, not free as stated. If you look here: - http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/?deriv=31501 You will see it says from April 2010 it is "free", but that is in fact the new car fee that the ZanuLabour party have brought in, i.e you buy a fat 4x4 and you pay a premium £800 just for the car in tax. If you look to the left of that figure, you will see that for 12 months, the VED is still £20. Not that I am complaining £20 is bloody marvellous. :D