Re: Mini Petrol Powered Corvette 'Go-Kart' For Sale (7ft Long) On UK Ebay

Tom in Missouri (toomuch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying : 

> Model years are much more complicated than simply ways for
> manufacturers to cheat you out of your money.
> 
> Environmental issues -
> 
> The EPA in the US issues regulations based on model years. Yes, they
> could say all cars registered after 1/1/2000 must comply with ...,

Which is the way it's done here.

DVLA keep no manufacturing date information. The one exception is when a 
car is registered as a historic vehicle (free road tax), which requires a 
manufacturing date prior to 1/1/73. It's the owner's responsibility to 
prove that date, usually by writing to the manufacturer.

> Should Chevrolet be punished for building a car built to 1978
> standards that is first registered in 1984 or 1988, which of course
> does not meet those 1984 or 1988 standards?

That's the way it works here. You find a new-unregistered MGB, you won't
be 
able to register it as new. You can register it on an age-related plate, 
though, by proving the manufacture date.