Soaring inflation forces two million motorists to pay £390 tax on ‘luxury’ cars

• When the tax was introduced in 2017 it affected only 200,000 owners
• The AA last night urged Ministers to set the threshold much higher

More than two million UK drivers have been made to pay a controversial tax for luxury cars due to soaring inflation costs, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was last night under pressure to lift middle-class families out of the £390 surcharge – known as the luxury car tax – which is applicable to new vehicles worth…