Tulisa, Tamara Ecclestone and others set to lose out in new EU directive
Female Celebrities can’t escape eye-watering insurance bills
On the 21st December this year, women will no longer be able to take advantage of cheaper insurance rates, due to the new EU gender directive. The average rise of car insurance premiums will be £500 for females, but what does this mean to the likes of celebrities who drive higher value cars than the rest of us, at a much younger age?
Research from used car advertising website Motors.co.uk reveals the extent to which these celebs will be penalised when car insurance premiums rise this December. Looking at ten high profile women and the cars they drive, some of the figures are hard to stomach for those of us who fall under the ‘average’ bracket.
Tamara Ecclestone is set to be served with a hefty new bill of over £6,700 more per year. X Factor judge Tulisa will also be penalised for driving a £100k car, seeing her premium rise by £4800 per year. By contrast, sensible mum-to-be Kate Middleton who drives an Audi A3 will have an £800 yearly rise. But is this set to become higher as they trade in for a family estate?
WAG’s top the charts when it comes to the extravagant cars their other halves buy them, Danielle Lloyd’s Bentley will mean a rise of over £5000 per year. Whilst pop stars give them a run for their money in top spec Range Rover’s like Cheryl Cole. Kudos goes to supermodel Kate Moss, who drives a modest yet cool vintage Rolls Royce, meaning very low insurance rates to begin with. She will only receive a rise of around £300 per year.
Motors.co.uk research into ten female celebrities and their premium rises (around 20%) against the cars they drive:
1. Tamara Ecclestone
28 years old
Drives a Ferrari 599
Worth £275,000
Existing premium: £2,800 per month
Estimate new premium: £3360 per month. £6720 more per year
2. Danielle Lloyd
28 years old
Drives a Bentley
Worth £150,000
Existing premium: £2,150 per month
Estimate new premium: £2580 per month, £5160 more per year
3. Tulisa Contostavlos
24 years old
Audi R8 Spyder
Worth £100,000
Existing premium: £2,000 per month
Estimate new premium: £2,400 per month, £4800 more per year
4. Geri Halliwell
40 years old
Drives a Lamborghini Mercilargo
Worth £220,000
Existing premium: £1800 per month
Estimate new premium: £2160 per month, £4320 more per year
5. Katie Price
34 years old
Bugatti Veyron
Worth: £1,000,000
Existing premium: £1,600 per month
Estimate new premium: £1,920 per month, £3840 more per year
6. Cheryl Cole
29 years old
Range Rover Sport
Worth £70,000
Existing premium: £700 per month
Estimate new premium: £840 per month, £1680 more per year
7. Carol Vorderman
52 Years old
Drives a Jaguar XKR
Worth £10,000
Existing premium: £315 per month
Estimate new premium: £441 per month, £1512 more per year
8. Kate Middleton
29 years old
Drives an Audi A3
Worth £26,000
Existing premium: £365 per month
Estimate new premium: £438 per month, £876 more per year
9. Jody Kidd
34 Years old
Drives a Maserati Gran Turismo
Worth £120,000
Existing premium: £333 per month
Estimate new premium: £399 per month, £792 more per year
10. Kate Moss
38 years old
Drives a 1964 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Worth £10,000
Existing premium: £20 per month
Estimate new premium: £25 per month, £300 per year
Stephen Jury, Marketing Manager at Motors.co.uk comments: “Along with revealing the astronomical bills these celebrities will receive after the December change in law, we’d like to suggest a much more cost effective alternative for young drivers such as Tulisa to consider. To nip back and forth to the studio and her new Beau’s pad, a Smart Car would be just the ticket to ride. This would also work for her counterpart Britney Spears in the US X Factor who has been spotted driving hers in LA”
Motors.co.uk advises women to choose a car in the three lowest insurance groups, to save them from being penalised further. A small engine, 1.2 or less, will mean lower bills for both insurance and petrol.
Top five list of most cost-effective cars for women, sold on Motors.co.uk:
- Citroen C1
http://www.motors.co.uk/used/cars/citroen/c1
- Nissan Micra
http://www.motors.co.uk/used/cars/nissan/micra
- Vauxhall Corsa
http://www.motors.co.uk/used/cars/vauxhall/corsa
- Fiat Panda
http://www.motors.co.uk/used/cars/fiat/panda
- Ford Fiesta
http://www.motors.co.uk/used/cars/ford/fiesta
- ENDS –
Source: Quotes taken in December 2012 from Moneysupermarket.com using comparative and available data on each individual.
Motors.co.uk is owned by Manheim and is the UK’s second largest car search response networks for motor dealers. Motors.co.uk has 1.5m monthly unique visitors (ComScore September 2012) advertising over 170,000 used cars for sale. It has major national and regional partnerships including Trinity Mirror, Northcliffe Media and Johnston Press, plus powers the used car search for websites including Mail Online, Honest John, Parkers.co.uk and Desperate Seller. The Motors.co.uk website focuses on empowering consumers to find their right car, providing certainty in the process by history checking 9/10 of the cars advertised. For further information, please visit www.motors.co.uk/mediacentre or contact jessica.wilkinson@stickyeyes.com
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