I want to buy/build a replica Ferrari, what is the legal, insurance, etc.?

Question

What happens when it is taxed, goes for MOT, appears in an advert, copyright law, Insured, exported, imported, safety,please could you add some more matters!. IS IT GOING TO BE ALLRIGHT? or I am going to have problems, what are the problems? What are the solutions? Is it a good idea? can I use it every day? I it the same outside UK?

Answer 1

Check out the magazines Kit Car and Kit Car Builder. Both have web sites and both have articles often on all of the questions you asked. Ebay is a great source for uncompleted kit cars. I actually saw one for sale a few months ago for peanuts, though you would have to deal with transporting a truck load of parts to your home. Probably best to buy a completed kit. There are dozens around for sale and while not even close to the 'real thing', they can be beautiful and very inexpensive to service and drive.

Answer 2

Ferrari replicas are usually Toyota MR2's with a body kit they never look exactly the same they never sound anything like a real Ferrari but if thats what you want then buy one. Chances are people will take the piss as you are basically buying a fake. They will be insured as a modificated MR2 or what ever the car started out as. My dad had real Ferrari's when I was younger and they are simply amazing but I cant see the point in having a replica?? but each to their own.. If you want an amazingly fun and pretty practical car that goes like a fuking rocket and handles well then buy yourself a Subaru Impreza Turbo about a 2003/04 for around £10/12k most fun ive ever had in a car.. take care



O and for any car no matter what it is to be considered road worthy and taxable and insurable then they have to pass an MOT which is very strict and heavily regulated!! I'm in the UK so depends if you are or America???



Edit for about £40k you could buy the bollox of a F355 either the Spider or the Berlinetta id rather spend a bit extra and have the real deal. or an older model you could pick up in the £20's dont forget a rep is about £11k or about I have seen them check out auto trader im sure there bound to be some on there.

Answer 3

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I want to buy/build a replica Ferrari, what is the legal, insurance, etc.?

What happens when it is taxed, goes for MOT, appears in an advert, copyright law, Insured, exported, imported, safety,please could you add some more matters!. IS IT GOING TO BE ALLRIGHT? or I am going to have problems, what are the problems? What are the solutions? Is it a good idea? can I use it...

Answer 4

depends what it is, some are just body kitted MR2s so will just be an mr2 with modifications for insurance etc, some are kit cars, these will need an SVA (single vehicle approval) test, though the manufacturer of the kit should be able to help with that. This is if you are building it, if youre buying one that is already on the road then it will all have been done and you will just mot it each year the same as any other car.

there are loads of specialist insurers around for things like this, just look in the back of most car mags, particularly kit car mags.

Answer 5

There won't be a problem legally in building a replica, as the previous contributor has said, they are mostly built around MR2's, they are taxed, insured and MOT'd as Toyota's.

If you go and look at the replicas at various classic car shows, have a look at the tax disc, all the Ferrari reps have 'PLG Toyota'

Depending on the amount of alterations to the bodywork, some insurance companies may want an engineers report before providing cover.



Have a look at this:



http://www.seanjones.co.uk/car/

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Dear god, do NOT build a new one if that entails hacking up a Fiero or Beetle or Datsun Z. PLEASE.



There are only so many of those cars (particularly Fieros and Zs) and they are no less charming in their own right than a Ferrari.



Also if you go that route, you will not be driving a Ferrari. You will be driving an awkward-looking poseurmobile, and anyone who knows anything about cars will know this. It's the automotive equivalent of a sex-change. You will not be fooling many people.



Please...if you MUST do that, buy someone else's project car and complete it/fix it. Don't destroy another beautiful car to create a monstrosity.



edit: Forgot about the MR2 kits: please don't destroy one of those either, or a Miata. There are plenty of molested examples out there done by other idiots who got in over their heads. Buy one of those.



And it isn't IMPRESSIVE. Fake "Ferraris" are obvious to anyone who knows either Ferraris, or the cars the fakes are based upon. It just makes you look like an idiot.

Answer 8

It would be classed as a Kit Car, you'd have to take it to a VOSA testing station (not just a MOT garage) for approval to run on the roads, where it would be assigned a 'Q' registration.



However your replica Ferrari will have the Q number plate - which signifies that it is home built.

Answer 9

They can charge it. There is no "legal" anything that says they MUST submit it to insurance. In fact, I am willing to bet that the reason why they don't submit it is that that is not part of their provider agreement as a reimbursable expense. However, there is no law that prevents ANY business from charging you for supply usage. If you don't like it...find another doctor.

Answer 10

You would have to speak to the DVLA, they would probably want to get a specialist to run some tests or an inspection. If they say it's road worthy then you'll be able to insure & tax.

Your insurance will probably be expensive due to the cost to get it repaired & the fact there won't be many of that type.



I don't know about the other stuff though.