I'm a professional musician living in Metz, Lorraine and have just joined TVRCC in the UK as a preliminary to TVR ownership.
Next year I'll (hopefully) be purchasing and importing a Chimaera from the UK. I've already imported my daily driver, a modified RHD Volvo T5 (around 290bhp). I had to get the homologation from Volvo, France, at a cost of €130; I gather that I can go directly to DRIRE for this and avoid paying an excessive amount- any pointers in the right direction appreciated! Is there anything else I need to know (bearing in mind this will probably be a 2nd car), import duties etc? I didn't have to pay anything extra on the T5, so I'm assuming it'll be the same for a Chimaera.
I'm currently insured with AVIVA, so shouldn't have any problems regarding insurance, although I've yet to check this with my local agent; again, any suggestions welcome!
I'm a professional musician living in Metz, Lorraine and have just joined TVRCC in the UK as a preliminary to TVR ownership.
Next year I'll (hopefully) be purchasing and importing a Chimaera from the UK. I've already imported my daily driver, a modified RHD Volvo T5 (around 290bhp). I had to get the homologation from Volvo, France, at a cost of €130; I gather that I can go directly to DRIRE for this and avoid paying an excessive amount- any pointers in the right direction appreciated! Is there anything else I need to know (bearing in mind this will probably be a 2nd car), import duties etc? I didn't have to pay anything extra on the T5, so I'm assuming it'll be the same for a Chimaera.
I'm currently insured with AVIVA, so shouldn't have any problems regarding insurance, although I've yet to check this with my local agent; again, any suggestions welcome!
Cheers for now
Jerry
Please feel free to reply in French
Hi there,
From my own experience, you HAVE TO go through the original manufacturer to have a conformity certicificate. The french "impots" will deviver a "quitus fiscal" upon V5C exhibit.
According that you car can actually benefit from a conformity certificate, you then have to declare to the nearest "prefecture" that you bought a car in another contry, that matches the expectations of the french law ... take half an hour and is basically a additionnal form to fullfill when registering the car.
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I'm a professional musician living in Metz, Lorraine and have just joined TVRCC in the UK as a preliminary to TVR ownership.
Next year I'll (hopefully) be purchasing and importing a Chimaera from the UK. I've already imported my daily driver, a modified RHD Volvo T5 (around 290bhp). I had to get the homologation from Volvo, France, at a cost of €130; I gather that I can go directly to DRIRE for this and avoid paying an excessive amount- any pointers in the right direction appreciated! Is there anything else I need to know (bearing in mind this will probably be a 2nd car), import duties etc? I didn't have to pay anything extra on the T5, so I'm assuming it'll be the same for a Chimaera.
I'm currently insured with AVIVA, so shouldn't have any problems regarding insurance, although I've yet to check this with my local agent; again, any suggestions welcome!
Cheers for now
Jerry
Please feel free to reply in French
Hi there,
From my own experience, you HAVE TO go through the original manufacturer to have a conformity certicificate. The french "impots" will deviver a "quitus fiscal" upon V5C exhibit.
According that you car can actually benefit from a conformity certificate, you then have to declare to the nearest "prefecture" that you bought a car in another contry, that matches the expectations of the french law ... take half an hour and is basically a additionnal form to fullfill when registering the car.
Unluckily TVR is not there anymore to beg for conformity certificate.
Then you have to ask directly the DRIRE to know if they have your car in their database (preferably check before the car is being bought). They might have it and deliver "attestion d'identification" which let you register the car at Prefecture, OR they might not have it. In this case you have to proceed a full Reception A Titre Isolée (so called RTI) which will certainly imply testing the car at UTAC for pollution, noise, etc... Think about adding 2000€ to the price of the car and more or less one year of procedure before getting your french registration.
