Commercial Supercars

Mr Benevolent

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

IMO, this would make an excellant commercial conversion:

Now THAT makes Baby Jesus cry! It's so... horrible.

darragh o meara

Not a supercar but I have seen a few STI Impreza wagons converted to commercial and one is running about 350bhp!!

Absurdum

Confab wrote: »

Now THAT makes Baby Jesus cry! It's so... horrible.

you sir, are off my xmas card list :mad:

Ferris

Would it not just be easier to get a Maloo :cool:.

gofaster_s13

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

IMO, this would make an excellant commercial conversion:

I've DOE'ed 2 of these and one was lifted by the customs who said that the load carrying space was too small(the boot floor is very high to allow space for the differential) the owner had to pay the back tax plus pound fees but escaped VRT fines as the car had been registered before in the country and VRT paid. Customs don't like people trying to take the piss with commercial conversions and will try everything to make sure the vehicle meets requirements for commercialising

mondeo

gofaster_s13 wrote: »

I've DOE'ed 2 of these and one was lifted by the customs who said that the load carrying space was too small(the boot floor is very high to allow space for the differential) the owner had to pay the back tax plus pound fees but escaped VRT fines as the car had been registered before in the country and VRT paid. Customs don't like people trying to take the piss with commercial conversions and will try everything to make sure the vehicle meets requirements for commercialising

I think your probably right,,, too many questions would put me off. If it could be done I would convert an Old S class Merc and enjoy my big engine with f all road tax.

alastair

Not quite a commercial, but ready for conversion.

bostoncommon

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Renault/Megane/R26-R/200943195597906/advert?channel=CARSreged and taxed as a commercial

CianRyan

alastair wrote: »

Not quite a commercial, but ready for conversion.

What the hell?
I've never seen one of these before?

G Luxel

Aren't those Ferrari estates owned by the Sultan of Brunei. That country was ordering loads of supercars about 20 years ago, most of them with specialised coachwork. They also received some Bentley SUVs.

Not a supercar, but a Vineyard ran this commercial....

and this must be twice the price of a Zeppelin!

zilog_jones

Some of these might be fakes, and some aren't supercars either but there's a lot of shooting brakes around:

Porsche 928


Aston Martin V8 Vantage


Ford Mustang (fake I think)


Ferrari Daytona


Audi TT Shooting Brake (concept)

PrettyBoy

CianRyan wrote: »

What the hell?
I've never seen one of these before?

It's a Ferrari 456 GT Venice. There were a handful of them specially made for the Sultan of Brunei in the mid-90's. Chances are if you can afford one, you can afford the tax too :P

knuth

gofaster_s13 wrote: »

I've DOE'ed 2 of these and one was lifted by the customs who said that the load carrying space was too small(the boot floor is very high to allow space for the differential) the owner had to pay the back tax plus pound fees but escaped VRT fines as the car had been registered before in the country and VRT paid. Customs don't like people trying to take the piss with commercial conversions and will try everything to make sure the vehicle meets requirements for commercialising

I think this sums up the idea then.
Thanks

bijapos

Lynx Eventer. Nice car.

.Longshanks.

There was a Lotus Elise (i know its not a supercar) discussed here a few weeks ago that it legally taxed as a commercial due to having only 2 seats, a rear bench and blacked out windows

B11gt00e

Many like this are driven like supercars.

Does it qualify?

Marlow

B11gt00e wrote: »

Many like this are driven like supercars.

Does it qualify?

Next thing you'd come up with is a Ford Transit ST.

No, they do not qualify as supercar, as supercars not only are about engine. It's about engine, handling and a lot different other things ..... and then the Ford Transit and Transit Connect aren't precisely sexy.

I'd love to have a Clear CT/4, and yes it's a damn animal with 522 bhp Porsche Ruf 993 engine in a Volkswagen Caravelle T4, but it's not a supercar. It's a supervan, at best ... I'd say it's just a damn fast van, with nice stylings.

The Ford Transit Connect is plain ugly though.

/M

Thornography

That mustang is class! id drive it as commercial anyways...

Traumadoc

Ive seen a few holden ss utes in ireland - 6.0L top speed in the region of 180 mph. commercial tax