CapMan Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Does anyone know what the score is with registering a private plate on an Imported Supra? I know that you aren't allowed to fit a plate that is newer than the car, but when they are imported, are they considered as a 2006 car or does it go by the year of thew actual manufacture? Its even more confusing in that over here in Northern Ireland, we don't have age-related plates, so an import or indeed a car brought over from the mainland UK can be registered with a brand new registration! What i want to do is put a 51 english plate (year 2001) onto a Supra (when i get round to getting one) which will probably be a mid-90's car. Cheers, Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The plate is decided by the year of manufacture. 93's will be K/L 94's will be L/M etc. You cannot put a 51/52/01/02 plate on a car that has been manufactured in the 90's. There were a few cars somehow managed to get though the system (mistake a DVLA) and got a reg plate for the import year rather than year of manufacture, but these are extremely rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The plate is decided by the year of manufacture. I believe it's the year the car was first registered rather than the year of manufacture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapMan Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 I believe it's the year the car was first registered rather than the year of manufacture. Do you mean the year that it was first registered in the UK? Reason that i'm enquiring about this is that a guy on another forum has been allowed the 4 year rule for being exempt from the MOT test, just because his MR2 was imported then registered in the UK. Its being treated as new car rather than being considered as the caracording to the year it was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Do you mean the year that it was first registered in the UK? No I mean the year it was first registered anywhere. I believe it has all these details on the japanese deregistration certificate. Sounds like that other guy's car was declared as new when registered here. Not sure what 'caracording' means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 .... a guy on another forum has been allowed the 4 year rule for being exempt from the MOT test, just because his MR2 was imported then registered in the UK. Its being treated as new car rather than being considered as the car acccording to the year it was born That's a cock-up by the DVLA (unless it actually was new when it was imported). and it's 3 years, not 4, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapMan Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 Nope it wasn't new, it is a Toyota MR2 G-Limited, he was able to tax the car with no MOT. I think you are maybe right in saying that its a cock-up with the DVLA. I think that clears up my query about the plate anyway, think i'll forget about it, although i wouldn't mind buying the plate for a future car i may have. It spells my name and initials about as close as possible on a reg plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 If you register the car immediately with a private plate, when you remove that plate and ask for a standard DVLA issued plate, I believe that they used to put the year it was first registered in the UK. i.e. I had mine registered straight into the UK on my private plate, if I remove that plate for a standard item, the DVLA might issue a plate that relates to the fact that the car was first registered in the UK in 2003. This only used (really not sure if it has been picked up by the DVLA yet) to work if you had the car registered directly into the UK on a private plate. Jake: caracording = car according Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapMan Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 hmm.. so you reckon it might be possible then? sounds like it taking advatage of someone in the DVLA not doing their job properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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