https://www.tradecarview.com/used_car/japan car/daihatsu/copen/16146001/ a practically new one, that the site says will be delivered to me in the uk for under ten thousand - that's almost tempting, but what then? - how hard and how much to make it legal for the uk?
I'm unsure about the UK, but for Ireland, Titan Auto ( http://titanautoworks.com/ ) is recommended. From memory, you will need all 4 tires changed as they don't have an E-Mark. This is an instant fail for Ireland's NCT (analogous to the UKs MOT).
Hi I was looking at the new model too on the same site a little while ago. The prices the show are FOB (free on board) but if you add on insurance etc the cheapest is just over £10k (most are £11k+)depending on which port you pick. You have to have an inspection when landed as there is no Europe type approval for this model as far as I know.. not sure about the tyre changing, as they are Bridgestone, I would imagine they are ok, but you need to add fog light and perhaps some other bits and bobs to meet uk spec. Think it all adds up to around 1k more on top of purchase... Good news is once you have done it, it might be cheaper for any one else after !!
