How many are produced a year?
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IIRC around 200 per year.
AFAIK to ensure 'single vehicle approval' can be acheived for each car, there is a government maximum limit of 200ish cars per year.
Above that 'whole type approval' is required, forcing the addition of airbags, abs, crash testing, etc.
This might be complete twaddle though.
Edited to say:
I'm sure Joust can provide an answer to 3 decimal places and recite word-for-word the single type approval legislation
>> Edited by goodlife on Wednesday 31st March 10:29
AFAIK to ensure 'single vehicle approval' can be acheived for each car, there is a government maximum limit of 200ish cars per year.
Above that 'whole type approval' is required, forcing the addition of airbags, abs, crash testing, etc.
This might be complete twaddle though.
Edited to say:
I'm sure Joust can provide an answer to 3 decimal places and recite word-for-word the single type approval legislation
>> Edited by goodlife on Wednesday 31st March 10:29
I can't 
But you can find it here
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?f=30&h=0
AFAIK there used to be two limits on SVA - one on a single model, the other on total numbers.
SVA doesn't have any overall limits any more. Back in 1999 Stephen Byers announced the raising, and eventual abolition of the total number of cars that can be SVAd in a year.
www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/pdf/dft_roads_pdf_506871.pdf and as far as I can see it doesn't apply to a single model any more
The regulation is here at www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/downloadable/dft_roads_506814.pdf
for anyone that wants to check it out.
I'm sure someone more knoweldgeble will be along soon
J
But you can find it here
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?f=30&h=0
AFAIK there used to be two limits on SVA - one on a single model, the other on total numbers.
SVA doesn't have any overall limits any more. Back in 1999 Stephen Byers announced the raising, and eventual abolition of the total number of cars that can be SVAd in a year.
www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/pdf/dft_roads_pdf_506871.pdf and as far as I can see it doesn't apply to a single model any more
The regulation is here at www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/downloadable/dft_roads_506814.pdf
for anyone that wants to check it out.
I'm sure someone more knoweldgeble will be along soon
J
I can also add that the 200 per annum unit limit is technicallly per each senior employee at Noble Automotive (ie: the manager who signs the document) so max this out to the low thousands!
I do hope that the Noble marque doesn't become too common but I realise that they are in the business of making money to pay for lots of tea-bags!!!
>> Edited by amg merc on Wednesday 31st March 11:24
I do hope that the Noble marque doesn't become too common but I realise that they are in the business of making money to pay for lots of tea-bags!!!
>> Edited by amg merc on Wednesday 31st March 11:24
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