Japanese car imports

[Al-Stracyznski]

[quote="gavinjacques"]not as bad as i thaught lol but still expensive. but at ?300-?500 a go ish will soon make back if you pick something useful with a market[/quote]

Even at ?300 a shot I need to find 10 other people who want to import one too, and thats about as likely as me meeting the pope...

[hardic]

[quote="Al-Stracyznski"]Does anyone know what sort of costs we're looking at to get a noise and emmission test...?[/quote]

do we really need noise and emissions tests done?
so what are the model reports for?

Whats the difference between SVA and ESVA?

[gavinjacques]

esva is sva on drugs lol
sva = single vehicle approval = mot with a few extras
esva = enhanced single vehicle approval= nightmare including model reports

[sutats.com]

[quote="gavinjacques"]esva is sva on drugs lol
sva = single vehicle approval = mot with a few extras
esva = enhanced single vehicle approval= nightmare including model reports[/quote]

This thing is really doing my head in. So when is which required; SVA/ESVA?

Also, what if one is importing an indentical model to a locally sold one. Say a stock standard Mazda RX-8? What kind of tests does it have to go through? Cheers again!

[gavinjacques]

try here
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/carlgvowners/importingandbuildingvehicles/importingandbuildingvehicles.htm

[sutats.com]

[quote="gavinjacques"]try here
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/carlgvowners/importingandbuildingvehicles/importingandbuildingvehicles.htm[/quote]

Excellent. Thanks a lot! How's the scooby?