I bought a Volkswagen Transporter T30 130 TDI SWB automatic, registered 29 March 2006, and had it converted to a camper van. The yearly tax has gone from £215 to £400 to £405 and, this year, £425.

The California Camper model has been a staple of Volkswagen’s T series of vans. In July, VW’s Commercial Vehicles arm marked the manufacturing of the 50,000th T5 California camper van at its Limmer ...