Where a small car is cheapest
Even for the most frugal everyday car, the cheapest and dearest canton are more than three times apart.
Worked out with 999 cm³, 70 kW, 1100 kg kerb, 1600 kg gross, 120 g CO₂/km, category C, petrol
Cantonal vehicle tax
What this vehicle costs its keeper each year, under the canton’s own tariff.
Cheapest CHF per year
- 1 SH 144
- 2 VS 145
- 3 JU 147
- 4 GE 150
- 5 TG 168
- 6 ZH 169
- 7 NW 190
16 cantons in between
Dearest
- 24 AR 461
- 25 BL 462
- 26 NE 477
An estimate. Only the canton’s own assessment is binding.
Small and frugal does not help everywhere
You would expect a small, economical car to come off well everywhere. It comes off better than a large one everywhere – but the gap between cantons is still a multiple. The reason is minimum amounts and base charges: where a canton has a floor, the small car pays nearly as much as a considerably larger one, and the advantage of small numbers evaporates. Category C also falls short of the eco discount in most cantons; those typically start at A and B.