New rules re:importing uk car

[Golfmad]

Has anyone heard about the new rules regarding importing UK registered cars? Someone told me that you will soon not need an mot an itv will suffice and you won´t have to change the plates to Spanish either.Any truth in this?
Cheers,golfmad.

[El Cid]

No chance! The current EU laws still apply and there is very little chance that they will change in the foreseeable future.

For this to happen there would need to be a common registration database for all cars in the EU and a central taxation system.

Sid

[spanish_lad]

Has anyone heard about the new rules regarding importing UK registered cars? Someone told me that you will soon not need an mot an itv will suffice and you won´t have to change the plates to Spanish either.Any truth in this?
Cheers,golfmad.

*christ i just choked on my gin*

if that was true i´d buy up all the english cars i could find on ebay under 100 quid and bring them all to spain for my 1000 euro car lot

[Kelly4]

Am I right in thinking that importing a second-hand car from the UK will set you back about 500-700 euros?

We're thinking of buying a car through Ebay in the UK (working out at least 2,000 euros cheaper for most models we're after).

Anyone bought and imported a car through this route?

By the way, we imported our four year-old car last year but, as far as I could make out, we didn't pay any import tax. We went through all the official steps and the car is now registered on Spanish plates. Should I be expecting a big fat bill through the post or was there some reason the car would have been exempt?

Cheers,

Kelly

[Bongtrees]

Has anyone heard about the new rules regarding importing UK registered cars? Someone told me that you will soon not need an mot an itv will suffice and you won´t have to change the plates to Spanish either.Any truth in this?
Cheers,golfmad.

Ooops, methinks a case of premature posting.

it was supposed to be Saturday - no?

[Blubba]

[quote="Kelly4"]Am I right in thinking that importing a second-hand car from the UK will set you back about 500-700 euros?

We're thinking of buying a car through Ebay in the UK (working out at least 2,000 euros cheaper for most models we're after).

Anyone bought and imported a car through this route?

By the way, we imported our four year-old car last year but, as far as I could make out, we didn't pay any import tax. We went through all the official steps and the car is now registered on Spanish plates. Should I be expecting a big fat bill through the post or was there some reason the car would have been exempt?

Cheers,




This is not an attempt to start an argument, just a straight question, I'm intrigued as to why anyone would want to import a car to Spain with the steering wheel on the wrong side, is there a special reason why you do this?

[Beachcomber]

Yes, Bongtrees, you are right. Anyone who moves to Spain on Saturday can bring their foreign registered car and use it for ever and ever without paying anything to anybody and without ever being stopped by the guardia and having it impounded.

On the other hand, as it's Spain, they may have to wait until the 28th December!!

[spanish_lad]

This is not an attempt to start an argument, just a straight question, I'm intrigued as to why anyone would want to import a car to Spain with the steering wheel on the wrong side, is there a special reason why you do this?

to save 2000€ on the cost of the car.

[spanish_lad]

Yes, Bongtrees, you are right. Anyone who moves to Spain on Saturday can bring their foreign registered car and use it for ever and ever without paying anything to anybody and without ever being stopped by the guardia and having it impounded.

On the other hand, as it's Spain, they may have to wait until the 28th December!!

or april first and we can read it in the euro weekly news

[El Cid]

By the way, we imported our four year-old car last year but, as far as I could make out, we didn't pay any import tax. We went through all the official steps and the car is now registered on Spanish plates. Should I be expecting a big fat bill through the post or was there some reason the car would have been exempt? Kelly

If you import the car at the same time that you apply for residency then you are exempt from the special tax.

If you are not exempt then the tax is 7% of the assessed value of the car if less than 1600cc (or 2000cc diesel) and 12% on the rest.

Sid

[Kelly4]

Hello Blubba

An answer to your question. Yes, Spanish lad is right about wanting to save money but that's not the only reason. We are keeping our small RHD car and I did wonder whether buying a LHD car and chopping and changing between LHD and RHD might be more dangerous than just sticking to what we know. I have become accustomed to driving with the wheel on the right and on many of the local roads (mostly windy mountain roads) I actually fell a lot safer with the wheel on the 'wrong' side. It's very difficult to overtake due to reduced visibility but I'm generally happy to sit behind a slow-moving lorry rather than take any risks and I factor this into the time I leave to make a given journey.

I wouldn't argue with you for a minute that it's not IDEAL to drive a RHD vehicle in a LHD country but as with most things in life there are many factors to consider. Money is one but choice is another. We currently have about eight local car dealers trying to find us a suitable (and reasonably priced) MPV but there are hundreds to choose from on Ebay. Also, buying a car in the UK means that my cousin, a mechanic, can go and check it out whereas here, we're on our own in terms of checking the vehicle over mechanically before buying it. We're also finding that the prices go up as soon as they see we're English. Our Spanish friends just bought a vehicle for 9000 euros that we had been offered two weeks before for 13000.

Thanks to the rest of you for your advice, espcially El Cid for the figures.

Kelly

[Beachcomber]

.... I have become accustomed to driving with the wheel on the right and on many of the local roads (mostly windy mountain roads) I actually fell a lot safer with the wheel on the 'wrong' side. It's very difficult to overtake due to reduced visibility but I'm generally happy to sit behind a slow-moving lorry rather than take any risks and I factor this into the time I leave to make a given journey....

Kelly, whilst respecting your views can I implore you not to sit behind the slow moving vehicle too closely in order to allow those of us who would rather not do so to overtake you both in separate manoeuvres rather than having to pass both of you at the same time.

[spanish_lad]

By the way, we imported our four year-old car last year but, as far as I could make out, we didn't pay any import tax. We went through all the official steps and the car is now registered on Spanish plates. Should I be expecting a big fat bill through the post or was there some reason the car would have been exempt? Kelly

If you import the car at the same time that you apply for residency then you are exempt from the special tax.

If you are not exempt then the tax is 7% of the assessed value of the car if less than 1600cc (or 2000cc diesel) and 12% on the rest.

Sid

on the pdf document that i was given the "value" of my escort was listed at 14,200 € .. what does that mean to me ? its a 1.9 diesel, so is taxed at 7%, so does that mean the tax payable is 7% of the 14,200€ ? or is that not right ?

[El Cid]

on the pdf document that i was given the "value" of my escort was listed at 14,200 € .. what does that mean to me ? its a 1.9 diesel, so is taxed at 7%, so does that mean the tax payable is 7% of the 14,200€ ? or is that not right ?

Yes, that's right. If the car is assessed as being worth €14200 then 7% is €994.

Sid

[Kelly4]

Beachcomber,

Rest assured that I don't drive too close to slow-moving vehicles... not out of consideration for other drivers wanting to overtake (not something I had consciously considered... you are absolutely right) but usually to avoid choking on the inevitable stream of noxious fumes pouring out of the exhaust.

Kelly

[spanish_lad]

on the pdf document that i was given the "value" of my escort was listed at 14,200 € .. what does that mean to me ? its a 1.9 diesel, so is taxed at 7%, so does that mean the tax payable is 7% of the 14,200€ ? or is that not right ?

Yes, that's right. If the car is assessed as being worth €14200 then 7% is €994.

Sid

christ, friends of mum and dads only paid €600 on a landrover discovery i might have to get my beetle done instead, (when its roadworthy) as thats only valued at 4,200 €

[sioban]

can I just add one thing, it is said that you have to pay 7% or 12% this is correct but before that on that pdf form you have to work out the % on the age then the 7 or 12% which works out cheaper.

[Faire d'Income]

on the pdf document that i was given the "value" of my escort was listed at 14,200 € .. what does that mean to me ? its a 1.9 diesel, so is taxed at 7%, so does that mean the tax payable is 7% of the 14,200€ ? or is that not right ?

Which PDF document are you referring to?

[spanish_lad]

the pdf was taken from this thread the pdf is here


it seems like alot of money to me? [/url]

[Beachcomber]

I don't want to be pedantic but I think it was taken from this thread initially.