F40 on a '51 plate...

[Rude-boy]

A little confused here as yesterday i saw an F40 on a UK '53 plate on the way back from LM.

Now I am willing to allow a little brain fade for sleep deprivation but can anyone explain how this could be so?

FWIW i was not able to get close enough to it to see if it was a real one but it looked and sounded the part from 3 peage booths away...

[Lord Pikey]

Isnt the plate based on when it was first registered / used rather than when it was actually built?

I remember there is a pher on here with a 964 with a much newer plate than it should have

[Risotto]

As above, the plate relates to when the car was first registered (as opposed to manufactured).

[Some Gump]

We met him on the way up the M25 trafficjam - it was very real, we had the same chat and concluded import.

If the owner of said car is reading this, thanks for the drive bys - and that tunnel!

[Old Gregg]

Lord said:

Isnt the plate based on when it was first registered / used rather than when it was actually built?

I remember there is a pher on here with a 964 with a much newer plate than it should have

Indeed, I know of someone with an X-reg Mk1 MR-2.

[Mafioso]

What I really wanna know is whether it was a 51 or 53 plate!?

[Rude-boy]

Mafioso said:

What I really wanna know is whether it was a 51 or 53 plate!?

I'm 99% that it was a '51.

a 'late' registration was my best guess as well, possibly the result of a collector's car being sold X years later to a person who wanted to use it for more than just looking at. Lovely to see and hear, just a shame that we weren't swift enough to tag along in the motorhome!

Can't have been an import, unless it was an unregistered one, as they still go from the year of first registration wherever it came from. My old IoM A6 was given a W plate when I brought it into the UK in '05ish.

[Kevin VRs]

Any possibility it was a kit car or body kit on something else (MR2 etc.)?

[Kevin VRs]

Any possibility it was a kit car or body kit on something else (MR2 etc.)?

[R12HCO]

Isnt it something to do with the amount of paperwork/history its got when imported?

If the history is unknown/unclear, im sure it gets SVA'd and then giving a 'new plate'. If its got enough documents to prove what it is, it gets giving the year of manufacture?

Im not sure i just get an incline its because of this???

[Kateg28]

Old Gregg said:

Lord said:

Isnt the plate based on when it was first registered / used rather than when it was actually built?

I remember there is a pher on here with a 964 with a much newer plate than it should have

Indeed, I know of someone with an X-reg Mk1 MR-2.

I have just imported a Mk1 MR2 and currently awaiting the paperwork from DVLA (don't get me started on that subject ). I fully expect it to be an F reg as it was built in May 1989, not a '11 plate because I have just imported it.


I will let you know if it comes back with something different.

[acer12]

Kateg28 said:

I have just imported a Mk1 MR2 and currently awaiting the paperwork from DVLA (don't get me started on that subject ). I fully expect it to be an F reg as it was built in May 1989, not a '11 plate because I have just imported it.


I will let you know if it comes back with something different.

If your car was registered in another country you will get an F reg. the ferrari may have been locked up and never registered period until it got the 51plate.

[Simon O]

As has been said, it relates to when the car was first registered.

Remember seeing a black E30 M3 sport evo for sale at a BMW dealer on a 51 plate, it had been part of their collection along with a 8 series B12, which had also been registered on a 51 plate.

It has been known for the DVLA to make cock ups on registering imports, but they normally correct them.

[christofmccracke]

may have been an import, sometimes the registrations get mixed up i.e a 1999 car being imported in 2007 gets put on an 07 plate when it should be on a y plate

[Aizle]

Been in this one and can confirm it is definitely faster than an MR2.

[rgracin]

Ahem!

This might answer your question:

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

ETA. Beaten to it!

[Rude-boy]

If I had to stick my neck out I would say that that was the same car I saw yesterday.

Many thanks!

[Mr Gearchange]

Where did you see it?

I'm pretty sure that that was the same one I saw on the M1 yesterday afternoon around 5pm coming past Milton Keynes.

If the driver is on here - I was the grinning clapping lunatic in the Puma with both windows rolled down to hear the glorious sound of the turbocharged V8.

I love your car.

[Aizle]

Rude-boy said:

If I had to stick my neck out I would say that that was the same car I saw yesterday.

Many thanks!

It has changed hands from an Essex based owner since that picture was taken.

It also confused me but was bloody good fun!

[Rude-boy]

Mr Gearchange said:

Where did you see it?

End of the second toll road section back from Le Mans just outside Calais iirc, about 1ish CET which would be about right for you seeing it in MK at about 5pm BST if it was headed for home up that way.