Quick Q, Registering French car to UK

Only if you've got some French paperwork to verify what it is year it was built etc. Otherwise its certainly aint number 5.

yeah, you will need a dating certificate of some sort- an orignal french 'logbook' or whatever they have would be proof of this, otherwise youll need a dating/heritage cert. direct from the factory.

you will also need to prove any import duty on it has been paid- its value will have been declared at time of import and C+E will want a percentage based on that value off you before you can reg. it, as you cant do it without a release form from them. if it wasnt officially 'imported', I.e. it was just driven here on some forgein docs, youll still be liable for this based on what you declare its value at- and they will question this. you wont get away with saying a 10k splitscreen van cost you 1k for example.

lastly, you will need to insure it off the chassis number in order to reg. it, as you need proof of mot and insurance to register it. this itself can either prove problematic, or just massively expensive, as hardly any companies will do it.

Insuring against a chassis number isn't too difficult , and you don't need to get involved with HMRC because the car is from France and therefore within the EU.

You WILL have to complete the Form 414 at the DVLA office when you go to register it to declare you don't need to pay VAT [as the car is not classed as new].

So, steps are;

1. Ensure vehicle has relevant paperwork confirmed original date of registration. I believe in France it is called the Carte Gris, but other more learned will confirm.
2. Insure it on the chassis number.
3. MOT it on the chassis number.
4. Register it at a DVLA office using the MOT and Carte Gris, complete the Form 414.
5. Await V5C and certificate to get plates made.
6. Get the Insurance and MOT changed to show the new registration mark.

Read up here and here for more information.

Also as per VIP. Imported a car from Ireland, no questions over duty. Turned up at local office, they helped fill in the forms and a couple of weeks later I got the doc. I'm about to do the same again with a French import, got the Carte Grise for that.

Is it one of these???

Safrane Bitubo 4wd v6

;D that would be crazy!!