This could be interesting...

[Brunty]

AutoBMC

These folks are importing a facelift Legnum, arriving 24 May, and intend to sell it for £8k with MOT and Warranty - anyone from the club going to stick their noses in and find out HOW?

[BraindG]

http://www.autobmc.co.uk/GetDealer.d...10546&pageid=1

[Brunty]

soz

[AncientOfMu]

Just sent them an e-mail asking how.

me thinks i will not be getting a reply

[ritch_w]

keechly or whatever they are called also have a "freshly imported " 98 sreg facelift white leggie for sale too, how do they do that then?

[Wodjno]

Could this be this Ireland import back door thingy again ?? Well i think it was Ireland

[AncientOfMu]

The overriding factor seems to be the evidence of Type Approval.

Whether you import from Ireland or elsewhere you have to demonstrate compliance with EU Type Approval or go through the ESVA process. The only way around it is if you are a registered importer of NEW vehicles and can prove to VOSA that you only import and register Type Approved Vehicles. Then and only then do you not have to provide evidence of Type Approval.


So....in theory if you get accepted into the scheme you could import a car and register it even if it wasn't type approved.

Disclaimer..... I am not suggesting any motor trader is actually falsly registering a vehicle under this scheme I am just pointing out a way that it *could* be registered without evidence of the aforementioned Type Approval.

[AncientOfMu]

Directly copied from VOSA's website....

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR INDEPENDANT COMMERCIAL IMPORTERS OF NEW VEHICLES
If you are :

A commercial, independent importer of new, type approval compliant vehicles and

Registered for VAT and

Currently using the V55/4* system to register new vehicles.

you may be able to benefit from the streamlined arrangements which were introduced in 2001.

A new, secure first licensing and registration form - V55/2 - is available for authorised, VAT-registered, commercial traders. It offers distinct advantages over the V55/4 form in that it does not need to be supported by separate evidence of newness, compliance with type approval or Customs forms.

How can I join the scheme?
Import traders will need to be approved by the Vehicle Certification Agency before joining the V55/2 scheme.
Applicants are required to demonstrate that:
they have their own systems in place to show that only type-approval compliant vehicles are registered under the V55/2 scheme and that
they have facilities for securely storing Certificate's of Conformity so that they can be audited as required.
Approved traders will be held accountable for the use and security of V55/2 forms. They will also be responsible for submitting the completed V55/2 form to the DVLA Local Office on behalf of the customer.

[Brunty]

My understanding is that you can get one into the country 'legally' if you were the owner in another country and bring it with you as a possession (you have to have owned it for a certain length of time for it to qualify as a possession).

Other than that we've got to make do with the 200 odd that were officially imported by Mitsubishi between 1999 - 2001.

Don't know how Keighley do it - but there is some debate about the quality of their cars anyway, which is why this one caught my eye - it could be mint condition and if it all work's out could be a fantastic opportunity for those wanting facelift VR4s.

Fingers crossed

[Brunty]

Well it has arrived and is on Autotrader right now.....

[Kieran]

Surely there must be someone nearby who can go asky?

[Brunty]

Sorry, my mistake. They're not expected in the UK until 8/06/2006.

They changed the photos from the stock Japanese auction photos and I jumped to a conclusion without reading the text. Soz.

[caishanvr4]

And those seats dont look like recaro's eva

[Nick Mann]

They aren't recaros - just the standard seats in red and black. The UK cars never had that option, AFAIK. The steering wheel doesn't look original either.

[g6acb]

Exhibit A

[Nick Mann]

Does the owner of that car have a stress disorder? Or is it someone stillettos that have damaged the wheel like that?!

[g6acb]

Don't know Nick, you would have to ask marcusfindlay about the stiletto thing....

just remembered seeing Black / Red recarros somewhere