New insurance groups 1-50

[Taz007]

couldnt see a thread on this... just spotted on autotrader about the new insurance group scheme. didnt even know this was being planned.

could bump up premiums for a lot of people or it might not. worth a read and you can check your new insurance group on the thatcham website

my car was group 6 is now 13


New 1-50 insurance groups introduced - Auto Trader UK - News and Reviews Hub

 

[Souleh]

From group 9 to 19

Better not be an excuse to charge me more

 

[santoz]

Group 31 bloody hell

 

[AndyG]

mine has went from 10 to 20..

*Awaits nasty insurance letter

 

[PeteMoore]

20 -> 50 = 2.5 times
so in fairness, everyones insurance groups have gone up, but not by 2.5 times the orignal number.

Not that any of this is going to matter a ****e anyway, we are still going to get ripped off

 

[Ashton]

Group 35 hmmm

 

[Daviddunlop83]

My mondeo it says would now be group 19 from group 9. FFS

 

[Daisy]

From 12 - 27... Sounds a bit mad.... lol

 

[PhilGT_2008]

18 to 36....Hope greenlight still provide me with a good price this year.

 

[Rob]

Can someone check mine, I don't have a Thatcham account to check with?!

 

[Rob]

Oops just noticed you don't need one. FRS is up from 17 to 34.

 

[pablo]

16 to 33, not too bad.

 

[Tinners]

Vectra is 10 to 21...probably means I cant insure the car..

 

[OLLIeCrX]

who cares?

its probably just to accommodate the ever growing number of ECO cars and other higher end performance cars, 20 groups i always thought was a bit small anyway.

i`ve never once worried about a group of a car... you can either insure it or you cant... if you cant, get a trade policy.

 

[pablo]

is anyone thinking about this?

0-20 is now 0-50 so if you had a grp20 its now grp50 (2.5 times the old group).
grp 10 would be grp25

in reality its probably 2x to allow more room up top so grp10 -> grp 20 is dead on.

 

[Marc]

mine has went from 12 - 21

Vectra is 10 to 21...probably means I cant insure the car..

all those people complaining about not being able to insure the car... take the above for example

at the min a vectra is 50% up the scale of 1 - 20

and its now 40% on the new scale of 1 - 50

cant see it making a huge difference i dont think

 

[Bronk]

any one wana find out what a e46 m3 is.. wont let me get on the website in work

 

[Tinners]

mine has went from 12 - 21





all those people complaining about not being able to insure the car... take the above for example

at the min a vectra is 50% up the scale of 1 - 20

and its now 40% on the new scale of 1 - 50

cant see it making a huge difference i dont think

Thats a fair point. But its early and I want to complain about something.

 

[pablo]

20 -> 42 Bronker

 

[Bronk]

20 -> 42 Bronker

 

[pablo]

thats not too bad mate, you were top group, now youre not

 

[Graham2]

I don't understand why people are complaining about this. Its like complaining because you got 80/100 in an exam and now have 80%.

17 -> 34 so mine now appears to be actually lower than it was before. Insurance groups haven't given a true reflection of potential premium for years, perhaps this will recitfy that.

Bronk you group is now LOWER than it was before

 

[KeithRobinson]

Most insurance companies switched to the new grouping ages ago, however some still have to follow.

It wont have any effect on your insurance premiums, its simply to give a fairer grouping to cars.

IE, Civic type R, Astra VXR and Focus ST are all group 17. However under the new grouping they "might" have them at slightly different levels. After all, the focus and astra are more powerful but the same group as the civic.

 

[chunky]

yeh it's fairly simple maths

the Clio is now group 31 up from 16 so it hasnt even doubled which is good

 

[gsportcars]

I'm not sure if it is amusing or annoying reading the complaints in this thread lol. As said above, it is simple maths, what's the problem?