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2026-05-08

The feeling of accomplishment and exhilaration after washing your car suddenly turns into a feeling of discomfort with the arrival of car tax.

More than 7 months have passed since the car was delivered to me in September 2025, Honda New Prelude (BF1).

The distance traveled has exceeded 6,000km, and although the distance is steadily increasing, it looks like it will be able to exceed 10,000km by the end of the year.

This time, while I was washing the Prelude for the first time in a while, the annual car tax arrived at this time, so how much exactly do I have to pay? Let’s check it out.

The car tax on my Prelude is 36,000 yen.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the dark love letter that always arrives from the country after Golden Week every year: the automobile tax.

The amount of automobile tax to be paid differs depending on engine displacement, but the system is such that the larger the engine displacement, the higher the amount.

For reference, the Prelude I own is a hybrid e:HEV that combines a 2.0L in-line 4-cylinder direct injection engine + dual motors, so I have to pay 36,000 yen.

The amount of automobile tax paid by engine displacement is as follows.

[Listofvehicletaxesbyenginedisplacement(ifpurchasedafterOctober2019)]

Light car: 10,800 yen

Displacement 1,000cc or less: 25,000 yen

Displacement over 1,000cc to 1,500cc or less: 30,500 yen

Displacement from more than 1,500cc to less than 2,000cc: 36,000 yen ← Applicable to Prelude

Displacement over 2,000cc to 2,500cc or less: 43,500 yen

Displacement over 2,500cc to 3,000cc or less: 50,000 yen

Displacement over 3,000cc to 3,500cc or less: 57,000 yen

Displacement over 3,500cc to 4,000cc or less: 65,500 yen

Displacement over 4,000cc to 4,500cc or less: 75,500 yen

Displacement from over 4,500cc to 6,000cc: 87,000 yen

Displacement over 6,000cc: 110,000 yen

The above will be as follows.

I mentioned earlier that the displacement of the Prelude is “2.0L”, but technically it is “1,993cc”, so “It falls under the category of “displacement over 1,500cc to 2,000cc or less”.

Car tax for Prelude and Civic Type R (FL5) is exactly the same

By the way, based on this figure, the Honda Civic Type R Racing Black Package (FL5), which I also own, is the same and has a 2.0L in-line 4-cylinder turbo engine, so I have to pay exactly the same amount of tax.

Please note that older cars are subject to heavy taxation.

For reference, a system that is not well understood has been introduced in which heavy vehicle tax is imposed on “diesel vehicles that have been registered for more than 11 years” and “gasoline and LP gas vehicles that have been registered for more than 13 years.”The vehicle tax is approximately 15% higher for each vehicle, and approximately 20% higher for light vehicles, but hybrid vehicles are not subject to this heavy tax.

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