Registering your LHD Car in Spain

Re-registration of a vehicle in Spain can be a very costly exercise due to the fiscal charges. If you register a vehicle in Spain without owning it for 6 months, for instance, your name has not been on the registration document for at least 6 months, you have to pay the following duty:- Up to 2000cc - 7%, Over 2000cc - 12%. As you probably know, if you purchase a Spanish registered car from a private individual you also pay a 4% transfer fee.

To abide by Spanish law car, the car must be registered within 6 months of permanent residency. You can UK register and tax the car in your name, at a UK address, then on the 7th month of your ownership arrange for re-registration of the car in Spain. On this basis, it becomes classed as a personal import and the total registration charges and taxes, if using a local registration agent, become quite reasonable at around 750 Euro.

So to summarise, if you buy one of our vehicles, we can register it onto UK plates in your name, keep the car wherever you want, i.e. in Spain, then in the 7th month of ownership contact any registration agent to transfer the car onto Spanish plates and, with our prices, you will have saved yourself about 20% on local prices.