All cars that are being hit with £5,690 tax bill next week including Ford, Audi and Toyota models

April is approaching, and with it comes a rise in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), which will especially be noticed by those who are getting one of the 59 cars that pay the highest rate.

A couple of years ago, the top rate of VED was £2,745, but last year that shot up to £5,490 as the government wanted to 'drive the transition to electric vehicles', and now it's going up to £5,690 for the first year.

That top rate is a first-year premium paid on cars registered after 2017, which produce over 255 grams of CO2 per kilometre travelled, so for the first year you have the car, you might be paying a lot of money.

From 1 April, the standard annual rate most motorists in the UK will pay is going up from £195 a year to £200, but for those who just got a car, that first-year rate may be smaller or larger depending on how polluting the vehicle is.

Cars with a list price of over £40,000 when they are new, or £50,000 if you're driving an EV, also have to pay an extra rate of £440 on top of that standard rate of £200 for five years.

The first year of VED is often more expensive than the rest of them (Getty Stock Photo)

First-year rates of VED from 1 April

If you got a new car, this is what you'll be paying in Vehicle Excise Duty for the first year you pay it, depending on how polluting it is.

• 0g/km - £10
• 1 - 50g/km - £115
• 51 - 75g/km - £135
• 76 - 90g/km - £280
• 91 - 100g/km - £365
• 101 - 110g/km - £405
• 111 - 130g/km - £455
• 131 - 150g/km - £560
• 151 - 170g/km - £1410
• 171 - 190g/km - £2270
• 191 - 225g/km - £3420
• 226 - 255g/km - £4850
• Over 255g/km - £5690

These tax increases kick in on 1 April (Getty Stock Photo)

The full list of 59 cars:

• Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo
• Aston Martin DB12 4.0 V8
• Aston Martin DBX 4.0 V8
• Aston Martin Vantage 4.0 V8
• Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10
• Audi RS6 4.0 TFSI V8
• Audi RS7 4.0 TFSI V8
• Audi RSQ8 4.0 TFSI V8
• Audi S8 4.0 TFSI V8
• Audi SQ7 4.0 TFSI V8
• Audi SQ8 4.0 TFSI V8
• Bentley Bentayga 4.0 V8
• Bentley Continental 4.0 V8
• Bentley Continental 6.0 W12
• Bentley Flying Spur 4.0 V8

The more polluting the car the more tax you'll pay in the first year (Getty Stock Photo)

• BMW Alpina XB7 4.4 V8
• BMW M8 4.4 V8
• BMW X5 M 4.4 V8
• BMW X6 M 4.4 V8
• BMW X7 M 4.4 V8
• Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 6.2 V8
• Ferrari Purosangue 6.5 V12
• Ferrari Roma 3.8T V8
• Ford Mustang 5.0 V8
• Ford Ranger 2.0 TD EcoBlue
• Ford Ranger 3.0 EcoBlue
• Ford Ranger 3.0 V6
• INEOS Grenadier 3.0P
• Jaguar F-Pace 5.0 P575 V8
• Jeep Wrangler 2.0 GME

First year payments have risen to £5,690 on 59 cars (Getty Stock Photo)

• Lamborghini Huracan 5.2 V10
• Lamborghini Revuelto 6.5 V12
• Lamborghini Urus 4.0 V8 BiTurbo
• Land Rover Defender 110 5.0 P425 V8
• Land Rover Defender 90 5.0 P425 V8
• Lotus Emira 3.5 V6
• Maserati Levante 3.0 V6
• Maserati Levante 3.8 V8
• Maserati MC20 3.0 V6
• McLaren GT 4.0T V8
• Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 4.0 V8
• Mercedes-Benz G400D
• Mercedes-Benz G63
• Mercedes-Benz GLC63
• Mercedes-Benz GLE63
• Mercedes-Benz GLS63h
• Mercedes-Benz SL55
• Porsche 718 Cayman 4.0 GT4
• Porsche 911 3.7T 992 Turbo
• Porsche Cayenne 4.0T V8
• Porsche Macan 2.9T V6
• Range Rover 4.4 P530 V8
• Range Rover 4.4 P615 V8
• Range Rover Sport 4.4P V8
• Rolls-Royce Cullinan 6.75 V12
• Rolls-Royce Ghost 6.75 V12
• Toyota Hilux 2.8D
• Toyota Land Cruiser 2.8D
• Volkswagen Amarok 3.0 TDI