Car importing

[choppertastic]

Hi all,

I'm hoping someone might be able to help with my query before I speak to the DVLA.

Basically my brother has brought his car back with him from New Zealand. He now wants to get it registered and on the road over here. The obvious thing that needs sorting is the speedo as it's in kph. I'm assuming we can just get a replacement from a breakers yard and fit this? Is this the case as this will obviously have x miles already on it.

Also what is the process for registration? Does it just need an MOT and then popping to the DVLA to get a logbook or will it have to go to an inspection station??? I'm guessing he's going to get stung on the road tax as well with it been first registered now will the new emissions apply to it.... (it's a 1998 4.0 V8 Disco so they will rub their hands together)

Any advice or comments before I make a call to the local DVLA would be great.

Thanks
James

[procol]

never done it personally, but there is lots of information here [url]https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/overview[/url]

[Red3]

i did this some years back now from the u.s my advice would be as its over 10 years old and a car that has been sold in the EU it may not need a European Certificate of Conformity ?
contact the DVLA

[A.N.T]

You can buy a speedo converter chip which will re calibrate the speedo signal to mph, they're not expensive I bought one for my imported Skyline.

Not sure on the registering part, but as its older than 10 years it wont need an sva and will be in the lower tax bracket as its older than 2001 when the emission taxing came in

[Geek]

Car importing

Tax will be 225 a year unless its gone up a little again