A dealer is selling the G4 challenge landrover discovery at a knock down price It seems to be a bargain until you read the small print. These 2003 vehicles are not permitted for use on UK or European roads and as such are not registered. Land Rover will not provide any information on these vehicles to assist in registering them in the UK as they dont want them on the roads for some reason. They are V8 powered but do not have a cat or emissions equipment installed.
If someone bought one of these vehicles and tried to get it SVA'd what do you think their chances would be? If you cannot prove the age of the vehicle would you be able to Q plate it and legally register it on the road? The dealer reckons it can't be done and if it could he could double the asking price. I'm not looking to do this myself but a friend of mine would be seriously interested.
What do you think?

My main concern would be the emissions regulations. Having said that, the SVA regulations must be more lenient than they are to get a vehicle type-tested. you may be able to bolt on a cat and away you go. Sounds like your mate could be onto a winner, but I'd look very carefully at the legal side before parting with any hard earned!

Pete

Yeah, there must be a catch or you could be looking at a £20 grand profit here.

Is SVA only for cars with less than a certain number produced? Maybe because they will have built quite a few of these Land Rovers (I presume), they would need to go to type approval to get them approved for the road. Not really sure how it works. £20k profit would be nice though!

Pete

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Originally posted by Syd Bridge
The big problem is that the manufacturer has/is disowned them. No backup= no knowledge= not a Landrover. Your problem if it breaks.

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http://www.autoweb.lycos.com/content/research/reviews/index.cfm/action/DisplayPro/aid/138747/Make_vch/Land%20Rover/Model_vch/Discovery/Year_si/2004 /> The G4 Discovery has the same powertrain as the regular Discovery, with a 4.6-liter, 217 horsepower V8, five-speed automatic, self-leveling suspension and dual sunroofs. Painted in Tangiers Orange, the roof rail is an all-new, large-diameter design dubbed the "Aero."
Only 200 of the limited edition Discoverys will be available starting in the 4th quarter of 2003, at a price of $39,995, which includes destination and delivery.
They must have some they couldn't get rid of. I reckon once you buy it it's yours to do what you want with, but you might end up spending most of your projected profit getting it on the road.

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