A friend of mine has a Defender 110 County Station Wagon
It has 12 seats with 12 seat-belts and was sold like this from the factory. He bought it new so he knows. It also has rear windows all down each side so certainly does not fit the normal description of a van.
The 'man' has decided that this vehicle should be classified as a commercial vehicle and as a result this Land Rover will be subject to the harmful effects of the Low Emissions Zone which is being setup in the London area.
This guy isn't looking to do anything dodgy which would result in any evasion of tax or anything like that. He is retired. It just so happens that around 10 years ago he decided that the car he wanted to buy was going to be a Land Rover Defender. He didn't buy it as a tax dodge or as a passenger vehicle for commercial use or anything like that.
So have any other forum members had this problem or does anyone know if anything can be done about it? He is going through all the regular lines of inquiry already but the benefit of forums is that they can save a lot of time and help people who sometimes are unable to find the answer anywhere else.
Needless to say, he isn't try to pull the wool. Even his insurance company classify his vehicle as a car.
It has 12 seats with 12 seat-belts and was sold like this from the factory. He bought it new so he knows. It also has rear windows all down each side so certainly does not fit the normal description of a van.
The 'man' has decided that this vehicle should be classified as a commercial vehicle and as a result this Land Rover will be subject to the harmful effects of the Low Emissions Zone which is being setup in the London area.
This guy isn't looking to do anything dodgy which would result in any evasion of tax or anything like that. He is retired. It just so happens that around 10 years ago he decided that the car he wanted to buy was going to be a Land Rover Defender. He didn't buy it as a tax dodge or as a passenger vehicle for commercial use or anything like that.
So have any other forum members had this problem or does anyone know if anything can be done about it? He is going through all the regular lines of inquiry already but the benefit of forums is that they can save a lot of time and help people who sometimes are unable to find the answer anywhere else.
Needless to say, he isn't try to pull the wool. Even his insurance company classify his vehicle as a car.