Where a large engine is cheapest
A 6.2-litre V8 meets a displacement tariff in some cantons and a CO₂ surcharge in others. The difference runs to multiples.
Worked out with Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG: 6208 cm³, 336 kW, 1730 kg kerb, 2160 kg gross, 280 g CO₂/km, category G, petrol
Cantonal vehicle tax
What this vehicle costs its keeper each year, under the canton’s own tariff.
Cheapest CHF per year
- 1 BE 475
- 2 UR 476
- 3 AG 521
- 4 AI 548
- 5 BL 623
- 6 AR 648
- 7 BS 664
16 cantons in between
Dearest
- 24 GR 1'620
- 25 ZH 1'748
- 26 VD 2'142
An estimate. Only the canton’s own assessment is binding.
Displacement, CO₂ – or both
For a vehicle like this, two penalties run in parallel. Cantons on a displacement tariff count linearly, per cubic centimetre, with no ceiling. Cantons that read CO₂ add a surcharge that bites exactly at the values such an engine reaches. Where both apply, the bill becomes a multiple of what the same car costs in a weight-based canton – there the only thing that counts is that it is heavy, and heavy it is regardless.