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German registration/legallity requirements
russbost - 13/9/10 at 10:51 AM

Sorry if this seems a bit random, but I know we have a massive knowledge database here!
Does anyone know what vehicles have to go thro' to get road legal in Germany?
Does it make a difference if the car is already road legal & registered over here & you then export it?
&, particularly, if you have a vehicle already registered over here which doesn't have to meet a CAT test, will it still have to meet Euro VI (IIRC) emissions regs if you then export & register in Germany?

l0rd - 13/9/10 at 10:55 AM

I am not 100% sure but I would suspect that as in Greece, every imported car needs to meet the emisions requirements and needs to be fitted with a cat.

snapper - 13/9/10 at 11:21 AM

VOSA is now owenedby a German company, worth a call to them Russ

mangogrooveworkshop - 13/9/10 at 01:03 PM

give damdy cash a shout....he has recently taken a caterham over

russbost - 13/9/10 at 02:34 PM

Have u2u'd damdy-cash, awaiting response.
Spoke to VOSA, they were as helpful as they are able to be but they simply don't have the info - apparently meeting low volume approval in one country doesn't automatically mean a car can then be registered within another member state - although theoretically that is apparently what should happen.

Still looking for any other info or suggestions where to get it from if anyone can help - don't we have any German members?

Fred W B - 13/9/10 at 06:03 PM

Hi Ross

Might be worth having a look on gt40s.com

Some guys on their are building cars in germany

Cheers

Fred W B

matt_claydon - 13/9/10 at 06:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by snapper
VOSA is now owenedby a German company, worth a call to them Russ


VOSA is a Government Agency. They have talked about privatising but decided against it; it certainly isn't owned by the Germans!