Unexpected ULEZ Charge for imported cars

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This is great, anyone know about Japanese diesel levels etc with those stickers?

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[mitch.millett]

fatboy18 said:

OK im new to this ULEZ stuff but I believe my petrol car may meet Euro 4 emissions which i think would make it exempt from ULEZ?

Car in question 2000 Dodge Viper (not Chrysler) import. Now on the Original V5 log book(blue and green) on the front cover is a section saying "special Notes" It said "Was registered overseas."
The vehicle had to have an approved SVA test when it arrived in the country and the emissions were registered as % CO 0.5; 0.3FI HC 0.02FI: LAMBDA 0.97-103.

Inside the cover of the log book there are no other details registered in the emissions area on page 2.

Then we were issued with the new log books Red and Blue, All is says is SVA cert issued 17/04/2008 and no mention of any of the C02 results!

I have asked Dodge USA for a cert of conformity but all they have sent me is a build sheet for my vin number stating it meets emissions in 50 states, but it does not tell me the figures?

Edited by fatboy18 on Monday 25th March 19:55

You cannot request a Certificate of Conformity for a Viper as they were never issued with one. Only vehicles manufactured for sale in Europe would be eligible to receive a CoC.

Your Viper was required to undergo SVA due to the lack of a CoC.

If a vehicle was originally built to be sold in a non-EU market, even if it matches a specification that was also sold in the EU, you will also be unable to request a CoC as the vehicle would never have been issued with a European Type Approval number.

Hope that helps explain a little.

[crispyshark]

Just to add to this, I was having similar conversations with my group of friends who all own Foresters....mine being am imported STI falls foul of ULEZ. I emailed Subaru to request a CoC and were told point blank that they had had many similar requests but were not willing to help......back to square one i find mysefl!

[D_G]

All JDM imports are ULEZ exempt if the original DOR is after 1st January 2006, otherwise unfortunately you are stuck where you are.