Exporting motorhome to Spain

[Mr Dog]

We are moving to Spain in October and want to take our motorhome with us, Autotrail EKS 2016.
Has anybody had any experience of re registration to Spanish plates and getting through the ITV (mot).
TIA

 

[Speve]

I think you will find from earlier threads it’s not very easy to do

 

[Lenny HB]

jumar or bobandjanie nay be able to advise but I think you will find its almost impossible they don't like habitation doors on the wrong side. Also high taxes 10% plus vat.

I think you would be much better of financially selling it here and buying a new one in Spain.

 

[EuroTrotters]

I did matriculate my Spanish car in 2019 with not tax.

As I understand it, if you are moving to Spain to become a resident, you can take it as personal import without tax.

 

[Mr Dog]

Yes I did think that as it will be a personal import and we are moving permanently there is on import tax.

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[nicholsong]

jumar or bobandjanie nay be able to advise but I think you will find its almost impossible they don't like habitation doors on the wrong side. Also high taxes 10% plus vat.

I think you would be much better of financially selling it here and buying a new one in Spain.

If we moved there we would have no problem with the hab door on our N&B Arto, but what are they like about RHD steering? Lights and things are already adjusted/changed for Continent.

 

[EuroTrotters]

If we moved there we would have no problem with the hab door on our N&B Arto, but what are they like about RHD steering? Lights and things are already adjusted/changed for Continent.

I had to change the headlamps. I was quoted £2,000 by Audi.

So I bought a set of headlamps from eBay.de for £280 ish and fitted them myself.

The Audi A3 has twin rear fog lamps, so no problems there. The rear fog has to be in the middle, on the left or left and right.

DIS system in the dash can be switched to kph with the wiper computer stalk. So that’s easy.

 

[Lenny HB]

I had to change the headlamps. I was quoted £2,000 by Audi.

So I bought a set of headlamps from eBay.de for £280 ish and fitted them myself.

The Audi A3 has twin rear fog lamps, so no problems there. The rear fog has to be in the middle, on the left or left and right.

DIS system in the dash can be switched to kph with the wiper computer stalk. So that’s easy. View attachment 718454

That looks a bit extreme Trevor just for changing the headlamps.

 

[EuroTrotters]

That looks a bit extreme Trevor just for changing the headlamps.

That’s the only way to get them out Lenny.

Trust me, if there was an easier way !.

Storage company at Alicante just charged me €135 to remove bumper to refit adjuster screw for ITV (MOT)

 

[Nigel Crompton]

I've done it recently.

To import the vehicle without paying import tax, it has to be done within 'x' days. There are hoops to jump thro' before you can do this, I think you have to be registered on your local Padron (aka election roll). We arrived during Covid lockdowns, relevant govm't offices were inaccessible to us, so we had to wait 18 months and pay the duty.
Our RHD Hymer had the hab door on the correct side for EU, two high intensity rear lights and two reversing lights. Only needed a headlamp change.
ITV (aka MOT) was straightforward.
Watch out for tyres. In Spain each axle must have identical (make, model, size) etc tyres.

If you're coming to Murcia/Valencia then contact Roger at info@car-registrations-spain.com who did ours for us - at a reasonable price if duty is excluded!

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[gus-lopez]

I did matriculate my Spanish car in 2019 with not tax.

As I understand it, if you are moving to Spain to become a resident, you can take it as personal import without tax.

Anything before the brexit exit december 31st 2020 wouldn't count as they were still in the club.
Now even I wouldn't think about it with import tax to pay. Far better to sell in the UK & use the money you would have spent buying a better or newer one.
If you don't have a CoC or cannot get one it will be difficult unless your V5 has a type approval number in box K.

 

[jumar]

I agree/Disagree to all the previous posts... I've never done it..our current and previous motorhomes were on Spanish plates...Thank the Lord.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Anything before the brexit exit december 31st 2020 wouldn't count as they were still in the club.
Now even I wouldn't think about it with import tax to pay. Far better to sell in the UK & use the money you would have spent buying a better or newer one.
If you don't have a CoC or cannot get one it will be difficult unless your V5 has a type approval number in box K.

I mentioned this before. But I will duplicate it to clarify.

I took the car to Spain in 2020 October. I then started the process of matriculation by having the ITV carried out in December.

When my agent went to carry out matriculation, Alicante wanted a COC or it could be driven to Murcia at quite some cost and they didn’t at the time, insist on a COC but would do it with the V5.

It took me an age to get a watermarked COC from Audi. They sent me a non watermarked copy several times, Alicante would not accept it.

Eventually I got the watermarked Audi COC. However, we are now in 2021. Alicante then wanted to charge the importation tax. But, as we could prove the car was in Spain and had an ITV Carried out in December 2021. This was accepted and no tax paid.

The only thing you may find with trying to find a motorhome type/style/chassis you like in Spain , is lack of stock.

You may be better trying to get a good deal in Germany, importing it from there and paying the tax.

I cannot remember what the tax rate is now mind

 

[bobandjanie]

Our previous motorhome was a Rapido, when we enquired about that it was just change the headlights it had two rear fog and Kmh / Mph on the speedometer and our habitation door was continental side, it was classed as M2 or something like that, basically means not a self build and classed as a motorhome, although we had the coc and no problem we decided it being 2012 it would and did make good money selling it in the UK.

We looked in Spain for a replacement, but we wanted it NOW !!
Because once you become residents you only have a short time before you can't drive an English vehicle, and as we live in our motorhome half the year it was urgent.
So we flew to Germany, purchased a 11 month old for a good price, phoned our gestor that was doing the paperwork, made sure everything was in order and drove it home, being from Germany you have nothing to do with the vehicle, but this was in 2018 things have probably changed now, our gestor retired last year, but depending on where you go in Spain can be very different.
It's better to use someone to do that sort of thing for you, we tackle most official stuff, but ITV stations have the final word. Bob.

 

[nicholsong]

The only thing you may find with trying to find a motorhome type/style/chassis you like in Spain , is lack of stock.

You may be better trying to get a good deal in Germany, importing it from there and paying the tax.

I cannot remember what the tax rate is now mind

Trevor

In my ignorance, I cannot understand why is there tax between Germany and Spain in the EU free market?

Geoff

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[Bolti]

Trevor

In my ignorance, I cannot understand why is there tax between Germany and Spain in the EU free market?

Geoff

Sorry for butting in.
But it's Spain and because they can. It doesn't matter which country it's coming from you have to pay.

 

[daveinspain]

The requirements vary from place to place - in our area you have to have a Homologation Number, which I doubt Autotrail would have unless they sell a lot to the EU; they are expensive for the manufacturers to obtain. I was unable to import our Coachman caravan in 2005 because Coachman didn´t have a Homologation Number. On the plus side, they don´t care which side the hab door is on.

 

[gus-lopez]

Trevor

In my ignorance, I cannot understand why is there tax between Germany and Spain in the EU free market?

Geoff

Because you are basically acting like a business would & they have to pay 4,1% tax on the spanish governments value* put on the vehicle to import them.
The fact that you are a private person does not enter in to it as you are the same as a business & importing,albeit privately.
* The gov.es publishes a list of every vehicle ,model & type from all manufacturers sold in spain each year.same applies for boats both sail & power. Once you have found your model or the nearest to it ,you then have the initial price when on sale in spain. There is another list showing the reducing value year by year up to year 10 when it is 10% . This is the minimum amount on which you can pay the tax.
So if you find your vehicle cost 50,000 new & is now 10 years old then you will be asked to pay 10% of 50k = 5K x 4,1% =205€
It reduces 10% for each year.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Because you are basically acting like a business would & they have to pay 4,1% tax on the spanish governments value* put on the vehicle to import them.
The fact that you are a private person does not enter in to it as you are the same as a business & importing,albeit privately.
* The gov.es publishes a list of every vehicle ,model & type from all manufacturers sold in spain each year.same applies for boats both sail & power. Once you have found your model or the nearest to it ,you then have the initial price when on sale in spain. There is another list showing the reducing value year by year up to year 10 when it is 10% . This is the minimum amount on which you can pay the tax.
So if you find your vehicle cost 50,000 new & is now 10 years old then you will be asked to pay 10% of 50k = 5K x 4,1% =205€
It reduces 10% for each year.

Did someone say you can only import a Japanese import car into Spain if you are Spanish or a Spanish Resident?

 

[Libellula]

Reply from Shipley, this just seems to be a go between, no quote, they are asking me to pay for an advert? Here’s their rreply:

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[gus-lopez]

Did someone say you can only import a Japanese import car into Spain if you are Spanish or a Spanish Resident?

No idea. It used to be difficult enough when the Uk was in, as the eu directives states that if a vehicle has been imprted from anywhere in the world in to an eu country & is then imported in to another eu state it is a shoe -in.
no reasons can be found or asked for to deny a paperwork exercise, yet they would always come up with some nonsense .