Edition 40 Clubsport Plaques

[L1ARR]

Holy thread revival.

Does anyone know if these plaques can be ordered. Appreciate that they are numbered and not generic but I am looking at a car, don’t know the reason but it doesn’t have one. Keen to understand the route to ordering one. Would it be contacting the the original dealer quoting my chassis number or can any dealer order them?

Thanks

[Paul70]

The original dealer should be able to help but check it’s not and Irish import, as the number plaque was not applied in the ROI.

[clubsport]

Have you checked if the car is an import? There were quite a few Rhd Ed40 which came from Ireland later in the run, I don't think these had the numbered build plaque.

[L1ARR]

Thanks guys. Silly question and not checked but would it matter if the car was from Ireland? Would this potentially lower the car residual at all?

Thanks

[clubsport]

Well, one issue can be insurance. You should really declare the car as an import as it is not a full Uk spec car. When the Irish Ed40 were on the market, most of them appraered to be fully loaded cars, maybe this is why they struggled to sell in a relatively small market?  The insurance issue down to spec can be a different alarm system, that is not the same as UK cars. I am sure I have seen a few Rhd Ed40 without the lower grill camera sensor which means it is unlikely to have the city crash facility. This was a great help in keeping insurance down on UK cars. (A fully specced car will probably have this, and ACC but it may not be down as standard equipment).  On that basis, insurance may be higher on an import?

When these cars are older the value will be determined by condition, history, and possibily rarity, whether we will be allowed to drive one is another matter.
Personally I wouldn't pay up for an Irish import now, they were sold cheaper on the nearly new secondhand market than equivalent UK registered cars and would still expect them to be a slightly harder sell today.

[Rudedog]

Just asking..... would a car brought over while we were technically still in the EU be classed an an 'import'?

[Adam T7]

I believe yes.

[clubsport]

I would assume it would be down to the country in which the car was first registered, Read above, even in the EU not all countries have the same specification requiremnets, that seems to be down to marketing? Beyond the Euro 6 classification of an Ed40 across all European countries.

If a car was first registered in another country prior to coming to the UK, strictly speaking, there is a reasonably strong case that it is an imported car?

I bought a new 911 from Gernany in the past, I had to really fight to make sure it left the production line with full UK C16 specification, which meant it had the correct Thatcham category alarm to satisfy UK insurers. It was first registered in the UK and was not considered an imported car.