20 Awesome Cars You Won't Believe are ULEZ Compliant !
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- With the London Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) set to expand to cover all London Boroughs in August 2023 here is a list of 20 awesome, fun and in some cases unbelievable cars that comply to the ULEZ emissions standard and will be able to be driven in the ULEZ zone without incurring a £12.50 per day fine.
Huge thanks to my mate Paul Lewis (Instagram @bispal) for taking the time to research and compile the list. Which car would you have ?
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Video Contents
00:00 - Introduction
03:36 - No. 20
04:02 - No.19
04:29 - No.18
04:53 - No. 17
05:21 - No. 16
05:50 - No. 15
06:31 - No.14
06:54 - No. 13
07:31 - No. 12
08:04 - No. 11
08:42 - No. 10
09:21 - No. 9
09:58 - No. 8
10:34 - No. 7
11:14 - No. 6
11:59 - No. 5
13:08 - No. 4
13:47 - No. 3
14:44 - No. 2
15:41 - No. 1
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Which car would you have from my Top 20 ULEZ compliant cars ?
The Mini or the Renault because I prefer small cars. The next step is zero emission zones that will probably be introduced more quickly around the UK than presently anticipated and is the reason why I drive an EV.
If i had the money ( in the Uk 😅) i would pick a Continental GT...😍
E46 m3 or the TVR
Lotus Elise S1 !!!!!!!!!
Holy crepe, who would have thought that little beast would be ULEZ compliant!!??
1961 Ford Anglia greenest car around like all classics !
The answer is not to find a way around the stupid, money grabbing ULEZ charge, the answer is to oppose it and not let it happen! 😡
As someone who lives in London I would approve if it had the effect of actually reducing traffic congestion and increasing trains into london so it is safe for kids to cycle to school etc. But it does not even do that. Trains are too expensive and do not go everywhere so it is not an alternative. It is purely as money raising exercise. And since London is a net taxpayer to the rest of the country as it is far richer, and because the Tory government deliberately underfunds local authorities there is a perception of all right lets get back the cash the Tories are taking from us slowing down new tube for London etc. And they want people from the home counties to pick up the tab as retribution. But those people are not that affluent, especially with inflation. It's really sad state of affairs.
It’s a pollution measure not a congestion charge
I have a 2002 Range Rover L322 V8 petrol running LPG which is arguably better than Euro 4. Last year I checked on line and was told it was ULEZ exempt. I drove into London and was subsequently fined. The fine came when I was overseas and by the time I was aware of it, it had escalated to £240. Its a con and money grab!
I wonder how my 1977 F150 XLT Ranger with a 351 would be dinged for
@Nhil famine As it is over 40 years old and, if it is registered as historic, it is ULEZ exempt. I have a 77 Rolls Royce Shadow and that is exempt but my Range Rover, it seems, isn't
I'm confused, I thought this wasn't starting until August of this year so how did you get a fine, or am I missing something..
@@Harassed247 ULEZ has been operational for a number of years. The proposal is to increase the catchment area this year
Send them a copy of the recommendation that it was compliant - Also though you can register to pay automatically - at least it doesn't then add up...
The BIG cash cow of ULES. Fight the change 💪 this is all about control
You just wait until cities start banning cars from their centres . And other restrictions on where cars can go.
Great list!
It really shows what a load of nonsense this ULEZ system is!
Yep 👍
The argument is that they're relatively green compared to non-compliant cars, and they actually are. The data is particularly clear for diesels. And the data for the current ULEZ zone within the north/south circular roads is also pretty clear, while the data in favour of the expanded zone is pretty much non-existent. What is also pretty clear is that this is actually a greener list than buying an EV, because a) EVs currently pre-load up to 90k miles of equivalent emissions into the atmosphere before they drive out of the showroom, and b) the cars on this particular list are unlikely to be driven the average number of miles a year.
That depends if you live in the area, I live for the day when i can walk down a London street and smell the flowers in the gardens and not the smelly ICE vehicles (like it was in the first lockdown when no-one was driving). Hopefully it'll accelerate EV adoption in the mass market and commercial market then the one off dirty ICE should be allowed to exist for the real petrolheads
It’s all about money and the poorest people will pay the most . Get rid if khan
@@rtfazeberdee3519 What a crock of shit .... what flowers in central London gardens? even the electric black cabs aren't green as most drivers live outside London, they run the taxi into London on their battery then drive around London using their petrol engines. I've been in enough of them to talk to the drivers.
You just know TFL will keep moving the goal posts and these cars mentioned will eventually finally succumb to ULEZ 😢
Sorry you missed the point in this video..
This is just the thin edge of the wedge, next year Euro5m, Euro6 then Euro8 and on. All the cars you mentioned will be axed very soon.
WE NEED TO FIGHT This NOW or the eco Fascists will drive all non EV cars off the road.
But will Khanage ban the Royal Rolls. Will he be driven in an EV, at the side of a London bus full of enough Hydrogen to take out four full blocks in the event of a terrorist attack. Only pointing out, that on a day to day basis, diesel cars are much safer. How would you even armour an EV? They have already lost electric buses
Yes, my 70MPG super green blue efficiency mercedes C class, which I bought because it's super efficient and green is no longer ULEZ compliant, I guess I'll get a 15mpg range rover to save the planet? - that one seems fine still. Logic train has left the station.
My thoughts exactly. Soon the ban will cover most cars then all cars with internal combustion engines. First it was Red Ken Congestion charger, then it was lying theiving Boris now it's Ulez Khan. All different cheeks of the same ass
If the goal is to stop pollution or save the environment it’s illogical. If the goal is to decimate car ownership and freedom of movement it’s a brilliant scheme.
The problem is ULEZ will change in future years to become more stringent.
100%.
The G40 cities (of which London is one of the leading cities) ambitious target for 2030 is Zero cars per 1000 people. 😠
The fascist, tax raid creep always starts slowly and before you know it, gallops away. Do not comply, object to it now or it will be too late. Anyone fancy driving Tuc Tucs around in our climate?
Not if we refuse to comply
As someone who currently living in the current ulez zone it isn't to bad but I would be more fearful of what Oxford's 15 minute city could mean for drivers in other cities.🤔
ULEZ cameras & LTN’s are for 15 minute cities. They are just working there one screw turn at a time because London is such a large important city. Next stages will be tightening of the standards, then road charging.
Sure, not bad for you as your car is compliant!
someone who has bent over to the control and now has a sore a hole
Thin end of the wedge sadly...look into G40 cities...Sadiq is the leader of the movement! 😢
Dont worry, they will decide your house isn't compliant soon.
The cars listed might be compliant at this moment in time🤔 but once the money starts rolling in what’s stopping Euro 4 changing to Euro 5 as a minimum. Once the extended zone comes into force, what’s stopping other councils who are being hard pressed for government funds introducing zones of there own?
Indeed 😢
I can just remind you these rules are intended to nudge us away from polluting towards zero emission. I’m all for keeping classic cars but not as daily drivers; most the pollution is odourless and colourless yet the smell in most of London is horrendous. Better in recent years but a long way to go.
@@markgarnett3521 , Hi Mark I can understand the reasoning behind the requirement to reduce the Pollution levels but the Motorists isn’t the only culprit in the production of the Toxic fume / particular issue. To my knowledge there hasn’t been any mention of limiting the use of Household Gas Boilers within the ULEZ zone or the imposition of an extra daily charge to heat your home within the Zone. ( Did you know that the manufacture of Gas Boilers was being fazed out? )
The manufacture of an EV creates far more pollution than an equivalent ICE vehicle and at the moment the production of the ever increasing amount of Electricity to power these EVs requires the use of fossil fuels.
It’s a real shame that more emphasis hasn’t been placed on the mass production of synthetic fuels allowing the continued use of all these perfectly serviceable vehicles for many years to come.
@@markgarnett3521 We all need to consider the cradle to grave footprint of all vehicles. Is it really greener to buy a new EV than to continue to run an existing ULEZ compliant vehicle doing 5 or 6K miles per yer for the next 10 years? To get an EV that would pull my caravan would cost me £50k plus and with the price of public charging cost me more to get from A to B than using my Euro 6 compliant diesel, it would also take significantly longer and have you ever considered charging an EV with a caravan attached? I'm sure the 'towing' use case isn't the only one that isn't practical.
The human cost of getting the lithium and cobalt out of the ground and the carbon footprint for the sourcing of components and manufacture of that EV is far greater than continuing to use my existing Euro 6 diesel. Add to that the limited longevity of EVs compared to ICE vehicles and we are looking at at least two EV batteries to keep that EV going for the same number of miles as an ICE vehicle. We should be exploring synthetic fuels so that the existing distribution infrastructure can be used and the same vehicles can be used rather than encouraging the manufacture of new vehicles at massive cost to the environment. This push towards EVs is just another way of taking money from the poor to give to the already rich.
That's almost certainly the intention, remember when the government gave us cash incentives to ditch our petrol cars and buy diesels?
My Land Rover Ninety is nearly 40 years old. Looking forward to driving a old diesel around a ULEZ at no cost.
My brother lives just outside the boundary in Kent but comes into London a lot and was delighted and surprised to find out that his 20 year old fuel guzzling, rotary engine Mazda RX8 is ULEZ compliant. Happy days.
Very cool 👌
@@dennisaca1358 GB isn’t part of the EU anymore so it would be strange to implement their emission standards.
@@jasper7126 I wouldn’t put money on it though!!!
I know ye it's all retarded they are actually letting dirty engines in and some cleaner ones can't 🤣 hay I'm not complaining you can buy a chappy old dirty car and be compliant happy days 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
It’s all about diesel particulate emissions controls rather than choking on petrol fuel fumes. But the insanity of that is dieselgate which has rendered the ULEZ criteria obsolete. I appealed a fine on such grounds but was overturned. Retrospective engine management upgrades can make non compliant cars compliant but the dinosaur system is based on emissions at the point of the cars production. The idiocy needs to end.
Okay i dont live anywhere near London and never will, however as you pointed out these restrictions are coming to a city near you, sooner or later, i was of the understanding that this ulez exstention was being challenged by many of the councils its going to affect and that recently karn had been up in front of a committee and is under suspicion of destroying over 5000 objections to his ulez exstention, so hopefully it may not come into force. Whilst an interesting list it probably doesn't help those who are on a budget but that said maybe us petrol heads should get together in our compliant gas guzzling cars and have a trip around this proposed zone on mass. I dont like the big brother attitude that seems to be attacking every corner of peoples lives these days, you cant drive, you cant order fatty or sweet foods, stop drinking, dont smoke and on it goes. 👍
Too late, a done deal, no way Sadiq will back track now or hes out.
@@bispal He's up for the chopping block anyway
Of course if everyone removed their numberplate before driving into the zone they would need to recruit a hell of a lot more coppers to find them? Just saying!
My biggest surprise is not the Bentley Continental, but the Boeing 747 from the 1970’s is compliant……. JUST WOW!!!
😂😂😂
Please don’t trivialise the ULEZ extension, it’s an appalling restriction of freedom about to forced onto hundreds of thousands of people. There’s a big push to try and get it overturned, your platform would be better used help the cause. That list just reinforces the fact it’s a tax on the average person while favouring the elitist few
I’m not trivialising it at all. I mentioned about the level of resistance to it 🤷♂️
Sorry I disagree, this is the sort of attention the ULEZ extension should be getting ua-cam.com/video/araJvpI5qGw/v-deo.html Suggesting someone buys a Bentley, Ferrari or Porsche to avoid the charge seems quite, …crass in comparison
You need to take to the streets and sort it !
@leehollyer1017 get a life, he's a youtuber, he's here for information and entertainment, if you don't like the vid then don't watch it's as simple as that.
Tyrannical governments for the last 3 years with the Unelected world economic forum causing all these issues in the name of climate scam no doubt. Good channel anyone
Fantastic, thanks for sharing with a bigger audience with all your usual enthusiasm 🙂 When I started doing this it was to replace my NA MX5 I have owned for 8 years as it is my daily driver. I didn't want to give Sadiq £87.50 a week for me to use my pride and joy. What I wanted was a modern classic that pre-dated the September 2005 Euro 4 cut off (on 1st Jan 2006 depending which regulation you read) , and, please correct me if I am wrong, but all the 20 cars do pre-date 2006. I almost bought a 1977 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow and briefly considered an MGB GT V8, but the daily driver aspect meant i wanted something newer. I have settled on another 986 but I have plans for perhaps another car too, maybe a V8 (or a Sagaris - the only complaint TVR ). Thanks again, was great to watch my list come to life 🙂
If you get a Sagaris I would love to review it 👍
The goal is net zero by 2030, so the restrictions will get harder and harder each year.
I assume their end game is no cars or just electric cars (if you can afford one and if have a place to charge it).
Not seen any protests on this , scary thing is it’s being stealthily rolled out to the the rest of the country, I have. Even warning my mates who think they can keep all their old classics forever (I mean things like 90’s cars), told them we’ll be taxed off the road
The cameras are for road user charging (pay per mile). All cars will be charged. They want us out of our cars.
@@chevchelios8582 same in wales, the only vehicles dickford wants on the road are the mobility cars who are his core voters (labour)
I know quite a few people who work at Heathrow airport which in August will be inside the ULEZ zone causing them to sell their vehicles due to the staff car parks also being inside the zone.
No way 😳🥲
Are aircraft and helicopters ULEZ compliant, asking for a friend. 😁😁😁
@@lent7614 I think you know the answer to that one which I totally agree does not make sense to me why it is inside the ULEZ 🤔🤔
If you think the London ULEZ is bad how about a proposal by Bath City Council to charge all Vehicles entering the City regardless of any emissions compliance. I fear the anti car/vehicle brigade are on the march.
Oh wow 😮
I was socked to hear you say that all Bentley Continental GT’s came In at 17th place. Thank you for taking the time to Film the Video 😊
My pleasure!
Thanks for the run-down and list. I've always been amazed that my Mercedes SLK 320 from 2003 is ULEZ compliant. I reckon on about 17 mpg in Town...!
😂😂😂
Mercedes C Class Blue Efficiency 70mpg 2013 is not ULEZ :( - and the price on it dropped by 4 grand because of this nonsense compared to a crappier, less efficient petrol version. You can't make this shit up. I guess I'll get an older E class that has more power/torque but someone is better for the planet?
Also ran into the ULEZ problem.....live outside the area but work for the NHS in West London. I am now the proud owner of a very clean 2005 350SLK Merc 🙂
Good stuff 👍
Just typed in my 2011 5.3 litre V12 Aston Martin Virage and it IS!! ULEZ COMPLIANT.... Mental!!!
Great work Paul! Bet the rule setters didn’t think they would see those cars in London later in the year!!!
Exactly 😂
I did a search when the original ULEZ zone was introduced and was relieved to find out my Alfa GT was compliant. I do feel for those with earlier Modern Classics and still hope it doesnt go ahead for Greater London.
There is a lot of opposition 😢
I was a bit surprised the other day when big signs appeared on the M8 through Glasgow about a new ULEZ Zone in the city. It doesn't really affect me that much as I live 5 mins from the railway station & I would normally take the train into the city but it is a rare occasion that I do. What does affect me is if I travel to see my son in Edinburgh but then I will have to take the i-Pace or so I will tell Mrs B as she will be none the wiser. With regards the MG on your list my little sister was driven to her wedding by her bridesmaid in an MGF with the top down even in Scotland. I was a little jealous as I was a fan having owned an MG ZR and a ZS 180 V6 so not that jealous really. That was a very interesting list.
What a joke.
ULEZ compliant today but tomorrow, they’ll change the rules again to include more cars. The charge will increase quickly too. Slippery slope downwards from here.
Great shout on the Porsche Boxster 986, I was ‘involved’ with a Baltic girl from Penge and my BMW 635d wasn’t compliant, so flogged the BM and bought a 986.
Girl was stunning but alas is now a memory, alas I have the 😢986
Great video. It's surprising some of the cars that are compliant if you look hard enough! I'm in the new zone and I'm pleased that my 2007 Jaguar XK 4.2 V8 is compliant. I'm sure it's not the sort of car the Mayor wants us to be driving but I'll stick with it while I can.
Bearing in mind that Khan is driven in a Range Rover with a heavy weight security which weighs a lot heavier than a normal car. So his vehicle is produces a hell of a lot more crap than a normal vehicle
@@helenbaker2614 exactly, and fuck anyone telling you where yiu can't drive your own car that you've worked for
I just checked my jaguar xjr x350 & it seems to be compliant.
I've got a old BMW e34 540 which isn't & a euro 5 light truck which isn't either
@@0000stuart you would think that all commercial vehicles would be exempt? If I have to drive into one of these zones to work at your house who is paying the charge? Me? No chance, your bill has just gone up. More likely that trades will just decide that it's too much hassle and give cities a wide bearth. Given how much time you spend sitting in traffic not earning I reckon that's the best option anyway.
@@sambrooks7862 yes it's the customer that has to pay the extra charges via a bigger bill .
Some surprises there, I am happy my cars are ULEZ compliant. Not everyone's favourite car, despite being a great car, you know because you tested one. My 2016 Porsche Cayenne 4.2 V8 Twin Turbo Diesel, is ULEZ compliant.
The world has gone absolutely mad. My sister lives in the current zone. My parents can take their 3 year old mini countryman but can’t take their 2013 mark 7 golf diesel. I’m stunned yu can take Bentley continental, Range Rover, Ferrari, Porsche etc in. I’m actually holding my head in my hands at the thought of an sl55 amg! Anne no idea how the t r is anywhere near compliant!What is ultra low emission about these cars?
🤷♂️😂
I live in the zone with a compliant X350 gen Jaguar XJ6.
Only the diesels are non-compliant, so the 400bhp supercharged XJR would be my dream upgrade.
Just checked on the TFL app and can confirm my 2009 4.3 V8 Vantage is LEZ and ULEZ compliant !!! 🤣🤣🤣
Great video mate
Well that made a change. How surprising... Cool video Pedro, cheers
Thanks Dan 👍
My favourite ULEZ compliant car is a bit of a sleeper - a 1st generation Saab 9-5 Aero with a stage 1 remap.
Love a 996 GT3 as would a lot of us but I can vouch for the Golf GTi. Had one as a loan car back in the day with a DSG. Smooth drive. Great blog and food for thought…👍
Thanks 👍
You know... When you read this list out loud it shows how ridiculous the whole ULEZ expansion is. I don't even live in London and, ffs, I'm having to look at getting a new car, with a loan. So no mortgage for me 😂 btw, what's the noise cameras all about? This is news to me 😂
Just picked up an R53, when i checked if it was compliant i was shocked and happy
Awesome 👏
Some of those might be more expensive to run than just paying the daily charge (Conti, P38, F360) 😂 Just shows how ridiculous the whole ULEZ thing is !
Probably 😂
just checked and my caterham csr 260 is compliant
Yay 😃
I drive a 13 year old Yaris and it is ulez compliant. But there is more chance of me driving to the moon than there is of me driving TO London, let alone INTO London!!!
It is surprising what is and isn't ULEZ compliant and seems to make a mockery of its purpose. I own a 2008 Mercedes CLK 320, an aging 3.2 diesel which on the TFL ULEZ checker: "This vehicle meets the ULEZ emissions standards". We've taken it into central London, well into the ULEZ zone, several times despite doubts on whether the web site was mistaken. Never had a ticket.
They must have an anomaly as the 320CDi is definitely not ulez. I checked a 2007 and it wasn't but a 2008 is. That's the first non Euro 6 diesel i have heard that passes. Mind you I have not looked into diesels. More research required. Thanks
People need to write to their local mp, there is huge resistance to this from local councils and it’s not a done deal yet so don’t panic and sell your car, contact the GLA and your local mp to voice your objection, the interesting thing is TFL don’t own all the roads so local councils are saying they will not give TFL permission to put the cameras up on the roads causing TFL to seek a court order to install the cameras on the roads, also google the information that the mayor of London manuipulated the constitution figures
Please don’t rollover all and accept this nail in the coffin for your motoring freedoms, worth a bit of effort to fight back against this TFL motoring tax
London borough of Harrow are refusing to implement any ULEZ cameras within their borders :). Now, if other outer London boroughs were to do the same....
11 boroughs are considering legal action but they will fail and ultimately, as Sutton have discovered, while they can say they will block it they have no actual power over the GLA to stop them on TFL red routes. There is no way Sadiq will back track now or his tenure as mayor will be over. Sadiq will just extend the scrappage scheme as compensation and the Boroughs will roll over or get their funding cut. You have to ask why the boroughs are protesting after it was ratified at city hall rather than before? its mostly political fighting between non labour boroughs and a labour mayor.
I’m truly surprised by some of the models that are compliant! BUT The Bentley Continental GT most certainly is the biggest surprise of all.
I know right 🤷♂️😂
hang on there sir, so my 1.6 hdi 2012 pug 5008 isnt. but a bentley GT is. the worlds gone mad.
I commute daily into London and when the first ULEZ zone was introduced I even had to change my motorcycle!! Imagine my motorcycle was not ULEZ compliant but all Bentleys are!!!! A more sceptical person would think the rules are bent...
My Vespa did not comply!!!!!
@@bispal Whilst you Vespa & My Honda didn't comply... A Bentley GT does!!! Shows you WHO made the ULEZ rules!!
No way 😳
@@PetrolPed Really the truth
I use a 4 stroke 600cc Super Scooter daily. Actually now on the 3rd one as the other two passed 100,000 miles each.
With all the bus lanes and cycle lanes going in, pavements getting wider, narrowing the roads and increasing congestion, this list should be about which cars are best to sit in for hours on end going nowhere. It won't be long before the congestion charge is also expanded outwards.
The Range Rover 4.0 Thor engine is a TFL website mistake before you rush out and buy one. The Thor 4.0 and Later 4.6 GEMS are both definitely Euro 2.
Oh really. Thanks for the update 👍
They are but after extensive research and reading forums it would seem TFL have made an error on the Thor engine cars and not been bothered to correct it. They could take its ULEZ compliant status away but the impact would be so tiny they probably cant be bothered. Perhaps Sadiq Khans dad drives a p38 ;-)
@@PetrolPed the L322 supercharged V8 is ULEZ compliant
Great info in this video ped
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Ped
Well done Paul, great research on your part. From your list the Boxster would be a good choice,
as I could not afford the Bentley or the TVR. On a more serious note I really sympathise with
People living & working within the ULEZ zone with non compliant vehicles. Where do they find
the cash to change? Also we know from past experience politicians and their like are not to be
trusted, so how long before the rules are tightened again to fund the bankrupt TFL.😬
Thanks and exactly, this is just the start. On the news today London Boroughs to tax cars that park and don't meet ULEZ!
The sooner Khan is voted out the better. He has not listened to the majority and like ant dictator he is doomed to failure.
Why not, you can pick up Continentals for £8K 😁
Great video explaining the simplicity of this current situation.
Oddly my 20 plate KIA Sportage 1.6T (180bhp) AWD petrol model is compliant..
👍
Just checked my old merc ml 350. 3.7 v6 petrol. 137k miles on it. Yep it’s compliant , not that I fancy going to London these days. 👍👍👍👍
Nice 👌
No. 12 (1997 Porsche 911 993 Tiptronic) was the most surprising to me. Air-cooled 911, and Tiptronic makes a lot of sense for drving in London, at least within the existing ULEZ zone within the North/South Circular roards. That's the one I would personally go for from this list. It's also interesting that it's one year and only with the Tiptronic gearbox.
[Update: I checked the only 97 993 Tip on AutoTrader with registration plates showing and it was not ULEZ compliant.]
I also found it interesting to learn that 986 Boxsters are compliant, whereas pre-facelift 996 911s aren't. The other big surprise for me is the P38 4L Range Rover.
I currently live within the existing ULEZ zone, just inside the North Circular, so ULEZ has become a big thing for me. And if you live in any of the main cities, there's either a central ULEZ zone already or such is planned.
Some of the cars I would most like to own are sadly not ULEZ compliant, and living within the Zone has made me only consider compliant cars.
While there are quite a lot of early 2000s cars that are ULEZ compliant, few are in any way exciting. And Euro 4 petrol compliance isn't assured until 2007, maybe even 2008. I also note that some diesels sold as late as 2017 are still not ULEZ compliant, such as, the Maserati VM Motori diesels, which means Euro 6 diesel compliance isn't assured until 2018.
I think it is also rather poor that AutoTrader has removed the ULEZ compliance selection criteria, stating that it was not wholly accurate, while I note that most of the other information provided on AT is also not wholly accurate. This means you have to enter the registration plate into the TfL online checker, while many of the cars listed on AT don't show their rego plates. Of course, the TfL checker is an invaluable resource, and you always needed to check the rego to make sure, but if you're not looking for a specific model, the removal of the ULEZ compliance search criteria makes finding a ULEZ compliant car much more laborious.
Anyway, this is an interesting list of cars that has something to appeal to many petrolheads, although it's hardly a list of cheap cars, and it's far from definitive. I knew most of these are ULEZ compliant, but a few surprised me, and I've been looking for ULEZ compliant modern classics for quite a while now.
What I think would be interesting to a wider audience is a list of 20 modern classics that are ULEZ compliant that you can get a nice example of for less than say 10k, covering hot hatches, sports saloons, sports estates, and SUVs, excluding those cars that have horrendous economy and running costs.
Another video that I'm not aware of any other UA-camr having done is one in which you explore what cars are available to buy/lease for less than the cost of commuting in the ULEZ zone with a non-compliant car, which is a minimum of 275 pounds a month for someone who commutes five days a week and doesn't use their car at weekends, up to 387.50 pounds pm. I have seen new city cars for less than 200 a month, including EVs, such as the VW e-UP! and the Renault Zoe. If you showcased half-a-dozen city cars for up to 275pm and half-a-dozen family cars for up to 387.50 a month, I'm sure it would be well received. And you could also get sponsorship by the likes of a leasing company, a finance company, etc.
The goalposts will move. The cameras & LTN’s are for ‘smart road user charging’ which is planned for ‘25-‘26. Basically pay per mile. You will be charged to drive any car that’s why ULEZ is wanted so badly.
@@chevchelios8582 That makes sense, because otherwise, I don't think the ULEZ expansion, especially its costs, makes sense. Of course, pay per mile will increase congestion on the main routes as it will act as a further disincentive to use longer but quicker routes. But, I guess it's all part of the plan to get the poor out of their cars and herded in.
Thanks for this 👍
This has inspired me to go ahead and learn to drive
Even if your car is deemed not fit for the ULEZ zone it is possible to get a certificate of compatibility with the ULEZ from the manufacturer.
Contact there head office have the test if it’s deemed compatible you send the certificate details to TFL and your good to go.
Obviously won’t work for everyone but could keep some cars within the zone.
I have to wonder how many hundreds of thousands of cars this will affect. Wouldn't be surprised if Khan suddenly went missing.
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Out of those on the list, I'd drive the Elise. Interestingly, the Exige S1 and Elise S2 with the K series engine should be ULEZ compliant. The Elise S2 from 2004 had the 1ZZ from the MR2 Mk3 and the 2ZZ from the Celica. The 2ZZ was also fitted to the Exige S2 and was also carried over to the 1.8 version of the MY11 Elise, a.k.a. the Series 3. The 2ZZ Elise S3s are rare beasties. I'm lucky enough to own one. With a red line at 8000rpm, they are addictive!
Paul aim was to look at cars older than 2005 👍
@Petrol Ped, so the Toyota engined Elise S2 and Exige S2 just sneak in there being launched in 2004 based on Paul's 2005 cut-off. Along with the K series Elise & Exige, that's quite a few pre-2005 Lotus to choose from then that are ULEZ compliant. 😃
The 190hp 2ZZ engine in NA guise has to be the sweet spot for me, so my ideal car would be a 2004 Exige S2 NA in chrome orange 👍 .
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Brilliant again
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I would need to double check to be sure but we serviced an Audi A4 2 litre petrol a few weeks ago which was shown to be EU4 and was a 2000 model. Also the Golf 4 1.8T GTI with the AUM engine and Octavia 1U VRS with the AUQ, both from 2002 onwards, are EU4
Thought the noise camera was a joke. Apparently not! Conti GT sounds comfy for crusing about. Always liked those in
What about the deliberately noise from those motorbikes!..
Thanks for this. How was Paul able to confirm 993 tips (1997) being compliant? Much appreciated for any info to get the exemption.
Edit, my tip is showing as non-compliant, so 12 may be incorrect. Hope not.
Rather than trying to find something ULEZ everyone in the zone should simply refuse to pay and all use the money you would have paid to crowd fund a bloody good lawyer to challenge the insanity and kill it dead.
I can't believe these cars made it on the compliant list , WOW. This crazy ULEZ makes no sense whatsoever ! 👍👍👍👍
You and me both!
Has the current ULEZ zone shown any improvement in air quality?
No
I suggest that you read the report by TFL/GLC from early in 2024 to find a true answer. There is a GUardian article dated 8th MArch 2024 which might help.
@@valeriegrimshaw1365 I suggest that you read the report by TFL/GLC from early in 2024 to find a true answer. There is a GUardian article dated 8th MArch 2024 which might help.
@@solentbum I know Carbon follows temperature and does not lead it I know the IPCC'S climate model omits the medeival warm period too The question was rhetorical...
@@solentbum which was proven to be manipulated. ANYTHING that comes from Khan's office is bs
My Jaguar 5.0l V8 supercharged SVrR is ULEZ compliant! What the f**k, not that I am complaining.
A colleague of mine has a 2003 Golf and lives within the current ULEZ zone. As he is a resident he pays £1.25 per day. Whilst not ULEZ compliant his discount is good.
Doesn't he already pay road tax? They're taking the piss.
@Sam Brooks You mention "taking the piss" did you forget I was talking about London...? On a scale of taking the piss £1.25 per day is nothing compared to anything else in London.
@@mikadavies660 I would call an extra £456 a year on top of the 200+ quid a year road tax he's already paying is definitely taking the piss and if he is driving a 20 year old motor it's probably because he can't afford anything newer so, again, yeah definitely taking the piss. Personally I call it a win, perfectly reasonable excuse for never having to set foot in the disgusting shithole again.
Hi great vid Paul , thanks Christ my mgzs 180 is ok . Regards mark
I’m so glad this is something I don’t have to deal with here in the states. I’m sorry you all have to! Really having to move on from a car that’s your baby because of the government is such a tremendously stupid and messed up thing.
Very cool of you sir Pete to provide a silver lining to this nonsense you all have to deal with. Definitely a lot of sweet cars. Thanks Paul!!
Did you spot No27 in the background 😜👍
@@PetrolPed I sure did it looks great there!! So glad you like it Sir Pete.
Astonishing! Great video, but the S2000. Recently I looked up how big an achievement 240 odd ponies from 2 litres, is. Since 1999, the only cars that have beaten it are Porsches, Ferraris etc. You might want to do a video on engines that changed the world. That VTEC, in my opinion, is the engine of all time……you somewhat downplayed it 😂
Yeah an amazing unit. Not sure if it is still the same but when I owned mine at that time Honda had never had an engine failure globally 😮
A lot of surprises here.
I've seen some late registered Y reg and 51 plate classic Impreza turbo GC8s are ulez compliant when the reg plates go in. They come up as Euro 3 and not Euro 2.
My diesel Subaru Forester is also ULEZ complaint. 110,000 miles and it's perfectly ok. With the clearance it has it'll handle speed bumps as easily as a plough furrow. 😂
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miss my 1980' Celica lift back, it was so different to all the XR3 (i) about.
That was surprisingly interesting, and I live "up north", and some amazing cars on the list ..... but you didn't list Vauxhall Mokka Turbo !! amongst them.
The daddy of Audi Quattros is the ‘quattro’ and mine is historic and thus exempt!
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Evening my friend, thankfully it’s not really affective to me, we usually get the train down. 😨👍🇬🇧
Same here
Someone needs to make a bumper sticker to stick on these cars, saying “up yours Sadiq Khan it’s ULEZ compliment “
Dont worry next year they will put up charge and change the criteria as to what is acceptable. their gonna get everybody in the end if they get away with this.
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As a disabled person, I am allow up to 7 years old car to drive, I am guessing they are automatically ULEZ compliances? I don't live in London. But I did notice there a camera in Yorkshire reassembled to the one of ULEZ in Barnsley... I have to check that out.
My old SMART FORFOUR 1.3 petrol is ULEZ compliant - for now.
19 years old, 1332cc VVT Mitsubishi engine, 40 mpg urban, 95bhp to pull very little weight.
I'll stick with my 77' P6 2200 thanks, but a nice selection of modern cars
My 2005 2.4 petrol auto V70 is surprisingly ULEZ compliant! Only with the 5 speed automatic apparently
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Great selection of future classics.
I avoid London like the plague and would never knowingly contribute to the Khant tax. I've just discovered that my BMW530D from 2014 is Euro 6 compliant so I'm okay until the rules are changed again.
I've had an E46 330i convertible which I loved and wish I still had. I think the M3, although fabulous, may not be the best daily driver. I've always promised myself a Porsche so with my limited budget, probably the boxster, having said that, the Alpha is very pretty, I drove a GTV6 back in the early 80s and was very impressed, it just seemed to pull and pull in every gear, it wasn't mine so I didn't need to worry about it going wrong :D
Great list! I was shocked my V8 Vantage is good to go... 🤣
You and me both!
Surely a ND mx5 should be on the list? Especially as Paul is already an mx5 fan...
His was a Mk1 😢👎
The list was aimed at cars made pre 2006, which was the euro 4 cut off. All cars pre euro 4 / 2006 are supposed to be non complaint but all the cars on this list meet euro 4 requirements before it was even invented and that can be proven with a certificate of conformity. So the list was pre 2006 only
My supercharged Jaguar XKR is ULEZ compliant.
Happy to report both my V8's are compliant, Land Rover Discovery 3 with the 4.4 V8 Jaggggg engine, and also a Maserati GranTurismo (which should of been on the list).
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For those so afflicted does this list also apply to Bristol, Birmingham and any other City zones, I'm assuming they're also emissions based not just congestion charge?
Bristol,and Birmingham are the same but with a twist. Unlike the other ULEZ , our 2011 Citroen C3 1.6 Hdi is NOT compliant despite being a 90 gram, zero RFL diesel that returns 60+ mpg. It is because it is Euro 5 and therefore charged but as I type, ONLY in Bristol/Birmingham. Bristol has a nasty boundary deliberately set up to catch people who use just 150m of affected road which is part of Bristol Portway. Be careful!!
It's all crazy!! In 2014 some government official decided my 2.0 Passat bluemotion would demand only £20 PER YEAR to tax because of its low emmissions. Now our friend Mr Khan has decided that I should pay nearly 70% of that for driving in his ULEZ zone for ONE DAY!! Yet, my 5.0 V8 Mustang is ULEZ compliant???
Better yet, don't comply with the ULEZ regardless of what vehicle or mode of travel you use
My 2005 Honda S2000 is ULEZ-compliant and still fun - 2.0L 237bhp NA roadster - what's not to like?
I love it to bits.
The ULEZ probably means this is the last year for the London To Brighton Mini Run. Though the classic Mini’s being converted to electric could be the perfect choice for a commuting car
Why don’t you just pay the fine 🤷♂️
Surely a classic mini (over 40 years old) is under the historic tax class and thus ULEZ exempt?
So ped would you pay £12.50 a day to get to work and when your car is worth £2500 and you urn around £400 a week no chance to change just go on the dole
Hi Pete, that was a very interesting list. Totally with you re the Honda S2000, must check to see if they’re still obtainable ( decent examples) . MG F what complete toilet fodder, sorry 😂 I was reading recently that current research has confirmed particles shed from vehicle brakes and tyres contribute towards air pollution much, much more so than previously understood, the article stated that in future emissions and road tax laws these factors will also be considered, so if you are driving a massively over tyred BMW x5 etc then you’ll potentially need a very fat wallet!
Electric cars have exposed the tyre particulate issue due to their colossal weight. Not so net zero as the virtue signalling environmentalists thought they were. In fact a study showed their tyre particulate emissions to be worse than diesel emission equivalents. Another “Inconvenient Truth”. Why isn’t Al Gore writing another book on the Climate Change solution disasters?
I drive a 2003 Subaru Impreza WRX which is ULEZ compliant and Paul's MX5 isn't, how bonkers is that. Though the noise police would catch me 😂😂
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It just goes to show what hypocrisy within this system when you compare what the DVLA consider to be a candidate for high emissions, for example Honda S2000 as Petrol Ped states any from 2001 would cost you between £360 and up to £615 RFL, remember these RFL charges were introduced to represent the emission status of each vehicle so how does this particular vehicle pass the ULEZ ???
Because the dvla were looking at co2 emissions whilst the new zone is looking at pollution from nitrogen oxide and air particles. Hence why diesels are being hit harder and big Petrol engine cars are not as long as they are euro 4 or later. The government views pollution as more important to save lives than co2 which damages the planet. Eventually they want everything to be electric to save both. 20.35
Its NoX now, so needs to be below 0.08
Thankfully my diesel SUV which is Renault Kadjar is not only Euro 6 compliant but would if I lived in London be able to drive in there. Thing is that I live in Northern Ireland and we don't have emissions zones anywhere but what annoys me about said emissions zones in general is folk are now having to scrap their cars or offered scrappage for their cars when there's literally nothing wrong with them apart from not being emissions zone compliant and what it means is it good cars are going to be taken off the road for no other reason than that. I do accept that it will take the oldest cars off that are knackered and that's not a bad thing but for the cars that are in good condition other than that it's just wrong.
If people would of said no to it years ago then they wouldn't be in the position of having to sell their beloved cars.
following some of the surprise cars shown thought, give it a check. Jaguar F-Type V8 R AWD is ulez compliant, Euro Category 6 CO2 emission rating M-269g / km
Vauxhall/Holden VXR 8 and like the other big engine cars on Paul's list does not make sense how it can be but it is
I bought a jaguar v8 3.5 2004 and is compliant its only done 70 000 miles with full service history for £7000 and is like new Inside and out