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Gaslight2368

I have taken a lovely Pajero 3.5 L LHD to Spain that is a Japanese import registered in the UK and I am struggling to register it there due to lack of information on my V5.
It’s a 2014 7 seater perfect for the kids and the beech but looks like I will have to bring it back to the uk.
Can anyone help please !

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JPB · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:32 Post subject:

2014you say? Well as it must have been newer than ten year old when it was registered in the UK, it follows that it would have required an IVA and not just the MOT that's needed in cars older than the ten year cutoff point, so given that the IVA requirements are a Europe wide standard, the presence of the document should be sufficient for the Spanish registration process in the absence of official details from Thatcham.
I've sent cars both ways between France and the UK and if their catastrophically complex licencing process can be worked around, the Spanish system should be a walk in the park by comparison, and indeed it is as any car, even if previously imported to another member state, is judged by the rules of the country the car was registered in before going to Spain, France, Portugal or Italy, etc.

As it's therefore a car from another EU member state, it's simpler still as you're bringing it to Spain to use and not to trade onwards. Wink

Thinking about this further, as it's LHD,then it's not a JDM specimen in any case, easier again!

Gaslight2368 · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:21 Post subject:

Hi thanks for your input, the car came from UAE which is why it’s LHD and yes your right it needs an ITV in Spain to then be able to register it. They won’t except the information on my V5 from the UK as it has no emission information or weight details which you would generally get on a certificate of conformity from a UK based car.
I have tried to get this information from Japan and had no luck at all.
They say the car should have a weight chart on the wheel arch which it does not have or failing that the information on a conformity document which I can’t obtain.
Do you have an idea how I could get this information
Many thanks
Dean