article_snippet.sent: Car tax would rise by £25-a-year.
article_snippet.sent: Car tax will increase on average by £25 a year by 2017-18, with drivers of gas guzzlers facing even higher bills under Liberal Democrat plans.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Clegg party plans a review of vehicle excise duty (VED) rates to ensure that the Treasury continues to receive the money the Treasury expects as motorists switch to cleaner, lower-tax models.
article_snippet.sent: At a central London press conference, Mr Clegg rejected the assertion that the tax hike amounted to a new 'war on motorists', insisting the tax hike was to maintain the 'status quo' on the revenue raised.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Clegg said: 'It's a revenue retention measure - we simply want to maintain the same amount of money from the overall vehicle duty system as we set out in 2010. '
article_snippet.sent: This is just to make sure as the system shifts around because people are buying lower emission vehicles, we still generate the same revenue.'