Classic vehicles and warranties

[bacon11178]

Just a quick question or two:

Does a trader have to offer a warranty on a classic vehicle, in a similar manner to which is required with other used vehicles?

If yes, are imported classic vehicles also covered by the same warranty requirements?

[TooMany2cvs]

bacon11178 said:

Does a trader have to offer a warranty on a classic vehicle, in a similar manner to which is required with other used vehicles?

There's exactly the same legal requirement to offer a warranty on a classic, imported or not, as on any other.

So that'll be... no requirement whatsoever. Zip. Nada.

SOGA applies to people selling classics in exactly the same way as anything else, too.

[Roo]

A trader doesn't have to offer a warranty on any car irrespective of its age or where it came from.

"Your statutory rights under the sale of goods act are not affected by the above statement"

[Old Merc]

I think most Dealers put something like "restoration to be completed" on the invoice to get out of day to day faults.
I suppose it all depends on what type of classic,the price,the deal etc.
Mind you if you have been sold something and it turns out to be not as described you will have cause to complain.
Also its very important that a classic IS the model,type,year,original spec` etc etc that is advertised.

There was a topic on here a year or so ago where a guy bought a,Bentley I think it was,for half a million quid or more and it turned out to be the wrong spec`,engine from another year,that sort of thing.
Went to court and the dealer lost,cost him £1000`s.

[BertBert]

Old Merc said:

There was a topic on here a year or so ago where a guy bought a,Bentley I think it was,for half a million quid or more and it turned out to be the wrong spec`,engine from another year,that sort of thing.
Went to court and the dealer lost,cost him £1000`s.

Nowt to do with warranty though. Just mis-representation. If the dealer's representations are important to a high value, then getting them wrong will cost the dealer.

[Red Devil]

Old Merc said:

I think most Dealers put something like "restoration to be completed" on the invoice to get out of day to day faults.
I suppose it all depends on what type of classic,the price,the deal etc.
Mind you if you have been sold something and it turns out to be not as described you will have cause to complain.
Also its very important that a classic IS the model,type,year,original spec` etc etc that is advertised.

There was a topic on here a year or so ago where a guy bought a,Bentley I think it was,for half a million quid or more and it turned out to be the wrong spec`,engine from another year,that sort of thing.
Went to court and the dealer lost,cost him £1000`s.

It was a complex case involving several parties. The car was a Bentley Speed Six. The claimant was female.
The dealer lost - http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2010/2444.h...

However it didn't end there and went to the Court of Appeal.
http://cases.iclr.co.uk/nxt/gateway.dll/WLR%20Dail...
http://www.wilmotslitigation.co.uk/sites/default/f...
http://4pumpcourt.com/news/123/oliver-ticciati-suc...

In the classic car market a buyer has to be very careful about how a car is described and the meaning of 'original'.