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First registered or year of manufacture?

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  • 13-08-2007 6:25pm
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    rpg
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Just wondering if you have any information on this.

    I'm looking to import a UK car which has a X reg which means it was registered between September 2000 and February 2001.

    Now I found out the vehicle was first registered in the UK on the 29th of January 2001 but the car was actually manufactured in December 2000.

    What I would like to know is when registering the car here, will I get a 00 or a 01 reg plate? Do they go by the date of manufacture or date of first registration?

    Regards,
    Richard


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,818 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    01, the date of first registration.


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    rpg
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭rpg


    Anan1 wrote:
    01, the date of first registration.
    Phew! That's great, thanks. :)


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    Darragh29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭Darragh29


    Anan1 wrote:
    01, the date of first registration.

    Second that, defo year of registration.


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Yep - I agree with the above posts. A mate of mine bought a Seat Ibiza - it's got 2004 plates, but a quick look at the chassis number revealed that it was a 2002 model. It had been lying in stock for some time.
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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    vrt will screw you over on it being a 01 rather than a 00 too though


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    BigCon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭BigCon


    I assume the same would apply to a motorcycle?
    I brought one over from England that was first registered there in Dec 98, but was manufactuered in 1997 (imported from another country to England)...


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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    BigCon wrote:
    I assume the same would apply to a motorcycle?
    I brought one over from England that was first registered there in Dec 98, but was manufactuered in 1997 (imported from another country to England)...


    yes its always the date registered


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    rpg
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭rpg


    draffodx wrote:
    vrt will screw you over on it being a 01 rather than a 00 too though
    You're dead right, just checked it there and its €1,096 dearer to register a January 2001 registered car as opposed to a December 2000 registered car. Car is a BMW 530i.


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,818 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    BigCon wrote:
    I assume the same would apply to a motorcycle?
    I brought one over from England that was first registered there in Dec 98, but was manufactuered in 1997 (imported from another country to England)...
    Was it first registered in the other country in 1997? What's important here is the date of first registration anywhere.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,945 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Anan1 wrote:
    What's important here is the date of first registration anywhere.

    Indeed.


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