Counterfeit van
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neiljohnson

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11,298 posts

236 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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Had this in work today.

Came in with gear selection issues which we quickly diagnosed as a selector cable failure so got on to Nissan to order some new ones & this is where it all went a bit wrong!!!! Turns out its not a real cabstar & is actually made by a chinease company called yuejin & on closer inspection you could tell it had been made very cheaply & I certainly wouldn't fancy being in an accident in it!!!

Pothole

34,367 posts

311 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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Doesn't appear to be registered with DVLA as a Nissan. What does the V5 say? ETA, not showing as insured either. Is anything about it kosher?

GTIR

24,741 posts

295 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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That's an appropriate reg number.

"ARZ", I bet that's what the owner is saying.

anonymous-user

83 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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Wow! That's quite funny smile

The question is, who owned it first, because they must have badged it up as Nissan... And did they sell it as a Nissan or as a Ching-a-ling-a-ding-dong or whatever it is really??

loose cannon

6,057 posts

270 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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Hmm those cabstars are quite popular with dodgy people are they not ?
Funny how its not taxed and generally does not exist in the cyber world hehe

S1_RS

782 posts

228 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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Pothole said:
Doesn't appear to be registered with DVLA as a Nissan. What does the V5 say? ETA, not showing as insured either. Is anything about it kosher?
Shows up on the RAC check as a 2008 Yuejin.

neiljohnson

Original Poster:

11,298 posts

236 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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Pothole said:
Doesn't appear to be registered with DVLA as a Nissan. What does the V5 say? ETA, not showing as insured either. Is anything about it kosher?
No idea what the v5 states, it was driven to us so not to clever if its not insured yikes it's not looking good & is making me wonder if its sat somewhere else for a long period with no parts available so now its been dumped on us rolleyes

530dTPhil

1,419 posts

247 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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I dealt with the company that was going to import the super cheap Chinese built Yuejin based on the Cabstar, back in 2008. Lots of bold plans and projections, planned dealer network etc.
They wanted us to provide a glass replacement arrangement for the dealer network. The whole thing died a death before it even got off the ground.,
Perhaps a few were brought into the country and then rebadged to clear the stock when the whole thing failed.

daemon

40,169 posts

226 months

Thursday 25th October 2012
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530dTPhil said:
I dealt with the company that was going to import the super cheap Chinese built Yuejin based on the Cabstar, back in 2008. Lots of bold plans and projections, planned dealer network etc.
They wanted us to provide a glass replacement arrangement for the dealer network. The whole thing died a death before it even got off the ground.,
Perhaps a few were brought into the country and then rebadged to clear the stock when the whole thing failed.
Aye its registered as an 08 Yuejin