Registering a Kitcar in Germany
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Don't know if anyone can help.
If I export a Kitcar to Germany which is already registered (within the last year or so) & road legal in the UK, what do you have to do to get the vehicle registered In Germany? & does it make a difference if the vehicle has been built to comply with a CAT test or has been built with a Pre '92 engine & therefore doesn't require CAT test over here.
Any help or info much appreciated - I've Googled it & come up with nothing that's much help.
If I export a Kitcar to Germany which is already registered (within the last year or so) & road legal in the UK, what do you have to do to get the vehicle registered In Germany? & does it make a difference if the vehicle has been built to comply with a CAT test or has been built with a Pre '92 engine & therefore doesn't require CAT test over here.
Any help or info much appreciated - I've Googled it & come up with nothing that's much help.
Try Comadis, seems to know his stuff, and he's German
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From what a German friend of mine recently told me,
You need to have a UK V5 correctly registerd kit car with the name of the manufacturer on it, ie locost 7 but not for eg escort 1.3cl for a Locost 7 car. The numberplate must match the V5, and a bill of sale from the registered keeper on the V5 must be presented and signed. The UK MOT must be current and the sellers address details must match the V5 (My friend over there had nightmares over this). A broucher detailing the kit car helps too.
When the car arrives in Germany it will need to be registered as an imported kitcar and may face tax duty, it will still require a Haupt TUV (indepth MOT)regardless and most cars whether new or old need a CAT fitting either 1 way or 3 way.
Things like headlights for dip to the right and rear fog lights (x2) will also need sorting along with a possible conversion to LHD.
If anything that is not part of the original kit is fitted, the inspector normally likes to see an ABE cert for each item, eg a Ford RS steering wheel, or altered spring ride heights etc.
If you dont have the V5 with the kitcars name as above etc, the authorities will probably ask for a crash test!
Where abouts are you located?
Hope this helps a tad.
Mike
You need to have a UK V5 correctly registerd kit car with the name of the manufacturer on it, ie locost 7 but not for eg escort 1.3cl for a Locost 7 car. The numberplate must match the V5, and a bill of sale from the registered keeper on the V5 must be presented and signed. The UK MOT must be current and the sellers address details must match the V5 (My friend over there had nightmares over this). A broucher detailing the kit car helps too.
When the car arrives in Germany it will need to be registered as an imported kitcar and may face tax duty, it will still require a Haupt TUV (indepth MOT)regardless and most cars whether new or old need a CAT fitting either 1 way or 3 way.
Things like headlights for dip to the right and rear fog lights (x2) will also need sorting along with a possible conversion to LHD.
If anything that is not part of the original kit is fitted, the inspector normally likes to see an ABE cert for each item, eg a Ford RS steering wheel, or altered spring ride heights etc.
If you dont have the V5 with the kitcars name as above etc, the authorities will probably ask for a crash test!
Where abouts are you located?
Hope this helps a tad.
Mike
Mike
Most of the above would present no prob.
Emissions probably the biggest headache, but sure that can be overcome, if necessary with a later engine.
How do they know/how do you prove what may/may not have changed since the vehicle was registered ie how do they know what's standard kit & what's not? Vehicle we're talking about is one (possibly several) of my Furore F1's, (see www.furorecars.co.uk to understand what we're looking at) registered on age related plate(1988), but with a manufactured date as shown on the V5 of 2009 or 2010 (or indeed 2011).
I'm based at Benfleet Essex
Most of the above would present no prob.
Emissions probably the biggest headache, but sure that can be overcome, if necessary with a later engine.
How do they know/how do you prove what may/may not have changed since the vehicle was registered ie how do they know what's standard kit & what's not? Vehicle we're talking about is one (possibly several) of my Furore F1's, (see www.furorecars.co.uk to understand what we're looking at) registered on age related plate(1988), but with a manufactured date as shown on the V5 of 2009 or 2010 (or indeed 2011).
I'm based at Benfleet Essex
Russ,
Hence the brochure for any additional changes.
I'm guessing you are the manufacturer, therefore you may have to complete and pass a crash test for the DEKRA / TUV and register your kit with them, then any German could buy one of your cars.
At the Detling show I noticed several uk plated kitcars being towed away on German registered trailers so it must all be possible / straight forward.
By the way I saw one of your cars on the M25 a couple of weeks back, it was early in the morning.
Mike
Hence the brochure for any additional changes.
I'm guessing you are the manufacturer, therefore you may have to complete and pass a crash test for the DEKRA / TUV and register your kit with them, then any German could buy one of your cars.
At the Detling show I noticed several uk plated kitcars being towed away on German registered trailers so it must all be possible / straight forward.
By the way I saw one of your cars on the M25 a couple of weeks back, it was early in the morning.
Mike
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