[Tiger_kpt]

Lets say a 2001 manufactured car was imported to the UK in 2004 from Japan.

Would the registration mark be a 01/51 registration number to reflect the age of the car?
Or would it be an 04/54 registration number to reflect the date that the car was imported?

Or could it be either?

Cheers :thumbsup:

 

[banzai g]

In England its age related !!!
And here in Northern ireland its date. :thumbsup:

 

[Tiger_kpt]

Hmmm.

I'm looking at a car at the moment in England. Not in Ireland. Although think that the car originally came from Scotland.

It's a 2001 manufactured car, but has a 2004 plate on it - as that is when it was first imported into the country.

Could it happen and be kosher? Or does it sound dodgy?

 

[agent-x]

it does happen sometimes

what car is it?

there is an 06 reg R32 GTR on here... so the answer would be yes seems kosher enough

 

[tonigmr2]

Answer is the importer should declare the 'first manufactured' date and it should be dated from that, not date of import.

In reality quite a few imports get a later plate put on. I am not sure of the legality of it, but I've never heard of one being taken away subsequently.