Glanza V Insurance

[E63M6]

Hi,

I am interested in the Toyota starlet Glanza for my next car. I have been searching for the right car for a couple of months now and have seen one which i like and considering to go and view it. The problem is i wanted to check how much the insurance would be, i put in the car details on confused.com and the car came up as a normal Toyota starlet sportif auto, the car is a genuine Glanza which was imported in 2008. If i was to buy the car would i have to tell the insures it is a Glanza or are all of them registered as normal starlet's.


Thanks

[GC8]

They are all JDM cars imported to the UK and there was no equivalent model. In the same way that many Classic Impreza WRXs were registered as 1.8l GLs, you are finding that a large proportion of the cars, if not the majority as misregistered.

It was possible to ensure that they were registered correctly: every vehicle that I bought in Japan was registered properly by my local VRO, but it required an effort that many didn't make.

Comparison sites aren't ever going to give competitive quotes for insurance on non-UK cars, if tey will cover them at all, so I wouldn't bother.

[E63M6]

To be honest confused.com have gave me a quote of around £2000, which i think is extremely good bearing in mind i am relatively new to driving. Would it be legal though for me to drive around in a Glanza but it is registered as a normal starlet?

[SonicShadow]

E63M6 said:

To be honest confused.com have gave me a quote of around £2000, which i think is extremely good bearing in mind i am relatively new to driving. Would it be legal though for me to drive around in a Glanza but it is registered as a normal starlet?

The registration issue is a bit of a grey area with Imports really. The most important thing is that you are insured as a 1.3 turbo Glanza V, NOT a 1.3 N/A automatic granny car.

[Scootersp]

The reg document only really cares about the body type in my experience of Jap imports.

Mine says Toyota Supra not that it's a specifically a twin turbo as opposed to a non turbo.

You will need to declare the full Glanza spec is be covered, if you get the model number off the vin that might help you/the insurer double check the exact model.

Then you can go back to confused and don't input the reg no. but go to Toyota and then select the correct Glanza...then be prepared for the quotes!

A-Plan and Sky insurance are worth a go if you want to actually talk to a person about it.

[GC8]

The Applied Model Number off the chassis plate will identify the model absolutely, but Id be surprised if any insurer really knew what it was. Japanese cars don't have a VIN btw, its a short chassis number. They only adopt the ISO standard VIN for export models.

[E63M6]

thanks for all the help,

I manually put in the car details this time and the insurance did increase by a big margin. From £2000 it increased to around £8500. I think i'll have to wait for a couple of years to purchase one now due to the insurance costs.

[Riknos]

E63M6 said:

thanks for all the help,

I manually put in the car details this time and the insurance did increase by a big margin. From £2000 it increased to around £8500. I think i'll have to wait for a couple of years to purchase one now due to the insurance costs.

Sounds like you're barking up the wrong tree - either car wise or insurance company wise. Dependant on your situation you may have better luck with some specialists, but for that quote I guess you must be younger than 21 with hardly any ncb!

[E63M6]

Yes, it seems i was being too optimistic thinking i could insure one at my age.

[RKi]

Try moneysupermarket, i cant get quoted for my Evo on Gocompare. On moneysupermarket with both my parents names added to the policy and mods declared its a bargain.

[papercup]

Stop using comparison sites. Talk to a few specialist insurers.