Greek road tax by engine size: older cars and motorcycles in 2026

First registered up to 2000

The oldest table covers cars that received their first licence in an EU or EEA state up to the end of 2000. It is the cheapest for mid-sized and large engines: a 1,598 cc car from that era owes €250, a three-litre €820.

First registered 2001 to 2005

Same limits, with amounts that part company from band E (1,358-1,548 cc) upwards. The gap with the previous table is modest, €15 in band E and €30 in the top band, but it recurs every year.

First registered 2006 to 31 October 2010

The law heads this table “from 2006 onwards”, yet for passenger cars it stops on 31 October 2010, since CO₂ takes over the next day. It remains in use for motorcycles registered from 2006 to the present and for a handful of special cases covered below. In the top band, a car from this period pays €150 more a year than one from 2000.

Common engines across the three tables

Two limits stand out in the used-car market. At 1,357 cc the third table jumps from €135 to €255. At 1,928 cc it goes from €320 to €690, so one cubic centimetre adds €370 a year. If you are choosing between a 1.9 and a 2.0 of the same model, that difference comes back every year for as long as you own the car.

Engine capacity appears in field P.1 of the registration certificate and the date of first registration in field B. For an imported used car, the date that picks the table is the first registration in any EU or EEA state, not the date it was registered in Greece.

Motorcycles: always by engine size

For two- and three-wheeled motorcycles article 20 never switched systems: they pay by engine capacity regardless of their date of first registration. A bike registered in 2026 uses the third table, exactly like a car from 2008. Since most bikes have small or mid-sized engines, the amounts are low, and many expats who commute on a scooter pay €22 a year. Mopeds sit outside the tables at a flat €12. As with cars, the bike’s road tax is owed for the whole year.

Newer vehicles that still pay by engine size

Engine-size tables are not only for old cars. Article 20 sends several categories of newer vehicles to them. Used cars whose first year on the international market was before 1 January 2002 pay by engine size whenever they entered the EU, because CO₂ measurement was not compulsory for them. Motorhomes and armoured passenger cars are exempt from CO₂ measurement and pay by engine size too. Cars bought from the State or its surplus agency and put into private use are taxed on the third table. Vehicles approved as one-off builds from used parts have their own table, with the amounts of the first. Private cars under temporary customs admission are also taxed on engine size alone, under rules our calculator does not cover.

The old car question: keep, sell or take off the road?

For a twenty-year-old car, road tax can be the largest fixed cost of the year. A two-litre from 2004 owes €630, a three-litre from 2009 €920. If the car will not move at all next year, akinisia declared on gov.gr before 1 January removes that year’s tax, provided the plates come off and the car stays at the declared address; our guide to road tax per month explains what happens if you change your mind mid-year. To compare an old car with a newer one, the CO₂ band guide and the road tax calculator show what each would pay, and the salary calculator helps fit the amount into a monthly budget.