1992 E30 M3 Evo convertible ?

[I_Love_Eating_Cum.]

I never knew E30 M3's were made 'till 1992 ????

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9837&item=4558616744&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Nostrils]

There are a few 'K' registered cars around too.....the first M3 I looked at when I discovered what they were was a K plate in burgundy red metallic!!

[evostorm]

The convertibles were made until later than the saloons. There are even a few on an 'L' plate.
Very occasionally you may even see a 'K' plated saloon - late registered 1992/3, probably having sat around in a showroom for a couple of years.
The burgundy red (in fact Calypso red) car was said to be one of six made to special order in that colour.
Looks great on the convertible.

[I_Love_Eating_Cum.]

Does it go by the year the car was made or by the year the car was registered/plated for the road ?

[evostorm]

Originally posted by RobM3
Does it go by the year the car was made or by the year the car was registered/plated for the road ?

In the UK the registration plate goes by the year of registration, not year of manufacture.

[Markus]

normal M3s are build until 12/1990 cabrios until 12/1992

Markus

[Nostrils]

Originally posted by evostorm
In the UK the registration plate goes by the year of registration, not year of manufacture.

A great example of this is a recent ebay auction for a Ford Cortina circa; 1983 (Y Reg ordinarily in the UK), still unregistered - It will now be a 2005 plate when registered with a prefix of ??05 ???

There are cars like this around, including M3's, its just a matter of them surfacing from their collections/sheds!!

[evostorm]

Yes Nostrils. There was a 1997 Italian registered Sport Evo advertised for sale in the UK a couple of years ago.

[Evolution]

well ya lurn somthing new every day!!..

i guess that cortena would be on a 05 plate, If the new owner registered the car.

[M-technik-3]

My question if the seller is in Stamford CT why is the car in UK? scam...?

[Evolution]

Well it says in the add, That he is in the States, But the car is with ML here in the UK, And they are helping him sell it.
Doesn t look like a scam to me, All one would have to do is give ML a call to find out

[BMG]

But if you try and register that Cortina now, wouldn't it have to pass current regs for safety emissions ? If it's going to get a new plate and be a new car ,I'm guessing it would.

[Evolution]

Thats true BMG never realy thought of it that way, Would be intresting to see what the DVLA would say