What does Hardrock Silvio plan to do with the registration of his brand-new Maserati

This was a reader’s comment this morning, which needs to be highlighted in a post of its own.

That is a 66-Reg Maserati – a model which was launched recently, in RHD at least. 66-Reg cars are registered any time between 01/09/2016 and 28/02/2017. This particular one was registered in January 2017.

This makes the vehicle less than 6 months old, and almost certainly has delivery mileage only, which classifies it as a brand-new car not a second-hand car, costing much more in registration taxes than a second-hand vehicle.

But with the help of some people in government and/or tax authorities, Debono may end up registering it as second-hand and saving substantial sums of money.

Debono may be allowed to drive it on UK plates for the next 5 months, then when it is 6-months old, he will register it as second-hand. Or register it now as new, and get some form of rebate in another way.
Someone needs to keep an eye out.

Silvio Debono with the Maserati car he travelled abroad to buy two weeks ago in the company of Ivan Portelli, director/admin for income tax, VAT and customs