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The Road Tax for a Honda Jazz I-Shift is currently £120 reducing to £90 next year. A few months ago in your column you indicated that you thought the Road Tax for the Honda Jazz I-Shift might be re-classified for next year. Do you have any further information regarding this re-classification?

Asked on 18 April 2009 by

Answered by Honest John

That's what Honda told me and everyone else, both at the pre-launch and at the launch. Then the Jazz failed to match its promised emissions and they told me they would re-test it before the cars actually went on sale. But they didn't.

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