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Originally Posted by martin62

Hi Big Vern In Ireland once you have a new chassis you get a 2010 reg no matter what doner you have,they then charge you 36% vrt on what they value the car at .At the moment I am trying to reg a book locost which has 1.3 xflow which would end up very expensive due to emissions law so am thinking of putting a zetec and ecu

Hi Martin,
welll done on getting this far.
I looked into this with the vro in Cork. As you say VRT is based on the engine stated co2 emissions of the engine used at the time of registration. The CO2 figure of the engine comes from the donor vehicle's conformity is used for the kitcar.

Fit a cheap 1.2 8v punto engine (only in Band B), 16% VRT and and road Tax of €156/year for registration.

From revenue.ie
"From a Vehicle Registration Tax point of view, the Certificate of Conformity states that the vehicle at the date of manufacture has a specific level of CO2 emissions. This is the level that will be used for taxation purposes and will not change regardless of post-production modifications that might be made, modifications that might either increase or decrease the levels of emissions of the vehicle"

so drop in whatever you like after that!

If by any chance you can benefit from scrappage, this will wipe €1500 of the vrt bill, which means only a few quid to register it full stop and no nct for 4 years!

best of luck,
Steve