European KItcar registered in the UK?

[LRdriver II]

Hiya,

Are there any problems with getting a TUV-approved german registered Kit car registered in the UK?

Would I need to thru an SVA or would the DVLA approve the german SVA and only require an MOT?

(considering the issue of type conformity, it is a UK manufactured Cobra replica kit..so several on UK roads already)

[richolaf]

I would think you can just register it normally as a personal import. That's how some people get around type approval in Europe, build the car and get it registered in the UK and then export it to their own country. I believe there is an agreement that states that between countries in the EU, as long as the car is registered in one country, it can be exported to all without any extra testing...

Rich

[Fuoriserie]

Yes its the same thing in Italy.

You get it through the SVA and registered in the UK and then inport it to whatever country is part of the EU.


They will not allow a kit car to be assembled and registered in Italy, but gladly accept kitcars registered in the UK..................very strange people we have here!!!!

The bottom line is Italian engineeres will not accept responsability, for kitcars built by Italian owners, but accept the responsability taken by others in the UK( namely your SVA and MOT dept.engineers)??!!!!!!!

I hope it helps

[LRdriver II]

No, I think we are getting our wires crossed.
Basically I have found a Cobra replica for sale in Germany (registered and TUV'd)
If I want the car back to here in the UK, is it just a case of an MOT or do I have to get it SVA'd

[Liszt]

I believe that you will need an SVA. This is because the kit car will not be European Type Approved as your euro tin box is.

The complications ae it has been previously been registered in a foreign country.

Will need to do some digging...


Right, you are in luck (I think)

Look here
www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/page/dft_roads_506874-05.hcsp#P86_5693

The website says said:

Recognition of Foreign Single Approvals If your vehicle has been singly approved by another EEA Member State to standards equivalent to those of British SVA, it is eligible for a Ministers Approval Certificate on that basis. You must provide evidence of the actual standards to which the vehicle was tested by or on behalf of the authorities in question.

>> Edited by Liszt on Thursday 24th June 15:44

[Aprisa]

I thought even type approved cars from the EEC had to be SVA'd?

There was a guy at the test station having to have his Espace tested for import from France and that had been his own car for five years.

Nick

[peetbee]

If the car has been correctly registered in another EU country then I thought all you needed to do was get an MOT and pay any taxes applicable. I don't remember SVA being mentioned in connection with all the personal imports.

I do know that if a vehicle is over ten years old it can be imported from anywhere without SVA, but you need proof of age from the manufacturer.

[Liszt]

Aprisa said:

I thought even type approved cars from the EEC had to be SVA'd? There was a guy at the test station having to have his Espace tested for import from France and that had been his own car for five years. Nick

This is a personal import route where there are time constriants and is designed for people who having lived abroad are bringing their car back

Peetbee said:

If the car has been correctly registered in another EU country then I thought all you needed to do was get an MOT and pay any taxes applicable. I don't remember SVA being mentioned in connection with all the personal imports.

To register it you need a Certificate of Conformity to Type Approval and if it has an EECTA then that should suffice
If it has not got one, then in this case, you'll need to show that the TUV test is equivalent to the SVA, which it could very well be.

Peetbee said:

I do know that if a vehicle is over ten years old it can be imported from anywhere without SVA, but you need proof of age from the manufacturer

Yep, I concur

[LRdriver II]

Liszt said:

Peetbee said: I do know that if a vehicle is over ten years old it can be imported from anywhere without SVA, but you need proof of age from the manufacturer Yep, I concur

So if the age is based on the engine block age (typically with V8 cobras), then that problem is solved then?

[Liszt]

I am guessing it might be based on date of registration rather than the component manufacture date.

[peetbee]

For 'normal' cars it's the date of manufacture, rather than registration. In the case of a kit car I don't know for definate, but I would have thought that the date of manufacture of the kit would be what they would base it on.