Registering & Taxing a car in Italy
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I am thinking of taking a car to Italy to use at our holiday for 3 to 4 months a year.
I'm trying to work out the cost of registering, taxing and insuring in Italy. Or would i just be better taking a UK registered car there and taxing and insuring it here?
If anyone has done either and can give any advice it would be much appreciated.
I'm trying to work out the cost of registering, taxing and insuring in Italy. Or would i just be better taking a UK registered car there and taxing and insuring it here?
If anyone has done either and can give any advice it would be much appreciated.
Short answer - it is cheaper to take a car from the UK, taxed and insured in the UK, drive over, then come back once a year for MOT.
To change plates it about 500 to 1000 euro, and you will need someone else to sort out the paperwork.
Insurance is about three times the price and will only be third party. Oh and it most likely won´t pay out if you have a crash.
Bolo - road tax is about the same as the UK.
You will also get stopped less by the fuzz if you have UK plates.
To change plates it about 500 to 1000 euro, and you will need someone else to sort out the paperwork.
Insurance is about three times the price and will only be third party. Oh and it most likely won´t pay out if you have a crash.
Bolo - road tax is about the same as the UK.
You will also get stopped less by the fuzz if you have UK plates.
Olivero said:
Short answer - it is cheaper to take a car from the UK, taxed and insured in the UK, drive over, then come back once a year for MOT.
not necessarily... it really depends on what kind of car he is talking about and for how long he plans to keep itOlivero said:
To change plates it about 500 to 1000 euro, and you will need someone else to sort out the paperwork.
that's a bit too optimistic. I'd say the total ammount would be between 1000 and 2000 € (more if he has to pay an agency to do the paperwork for him) depending on the car. When registering the car he wil have to pay tax (Imposta Provinciale di Trascrizione) which is based on engine KW (if I am not mistaken when I registerd my 99kw caterham just the taxes cost me over 500 euro)Olivero said:
Insurance is about three times the price and will only be third party
Third party fire and theft, or fully comprehensive are also avilable
Insurance will probably cost more than the in the UK, but he could save a considerable ammount of money by suspending the policy when he doesn't use the car.
You can at any time call your insurance company and ask them to suspend the policy. You will not be allowed to use the car when the policy is suspended. Hwever when after a few months you decide to reactivate your insurance policy the expiry date of the policy will have been moved forward by the number of months for which the policy has been suspended.
If as an example he only drives the car 3 months a year during the summer, by suspending the policy at the end of each summer and reactivating it at the beginning of the next one, while paying a one year insurance premium at the beginning of the first summer he will have insurance for a full four summers.
Olivero said:
Oh and it most likely won´t pay out if you have a crash.
why shouldn't they pay out?if he is regularly insured there is absolutely no reason why the insurance company shouldn't pay
they are legally bound to do so
Olivero said:
Bolo - road tax is about the same as the UK.
In Italy it's not actually a road use tax, but it's a car property tax.The main difference being that you have to pay it regardless of whether or not you use the car. You cannot declare your car sorn if don't plan to use it for a while.
The amount you pay will be based on engine KW and on emissions and it varies depending on which region you live in.
A modern 60bhp EU4 shopping car will pay slighlty more than 100 euro, while a 1990 400bhp sports car could cost over 1300 euro.
edited for spelling
Edited by Scalper on Tuesday 22 April 13:13
mimi said:
my italian boyfriend says when the police see you're english they don't bother stopping you!
Ummm let's see..female...check!
soft top car... check!
English plates... check!
In Italy you are likely to get stopped less if you had 20kg of cocaine strapped to the roof, machine guns on the back shelf, and a dead body hanging off the front bumper.
Don't worry, you won't get a ticket for anything... just lots of telephone numbers.
To drag this topic up again, does anyone think it's reasonable to expect to pay 1000 to import a 911 Carrera 3.2? It being over 20years old, might it count as historic? I'm just having a thinky, but given the price difference between the UK and Italy, I'm considering getting a LHD one and bringing it over to sell. I'm budgeting £2000 to actually get the car here and get it on Italian plates. Hopefully that should leave me with a bob or two profit. Any ideas?
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