How old to be a classic car?
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camcc
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How old does a car have to be in order to class as a classic car and become tax excempt? 20 or 25 years?
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Ziggy
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Used to be 25 years IIRC, but that's irrelevant now anyway. They stopped doing it like that - the cutoff date's some point in '73.
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Pilsbury
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A classic car can technically be any age if you are refering to insurance.
Some brand new cars can be insured on future classic policies.
Things like a 1.2 Clio will never be classic cars as such, so, you won't be able to get classic insurance for them.
If you are thinking about road tax, the law was brought in to be 25 years rolling. They stopped that in 1998, so, anything pre-August 1973 qualifies for free road tax.
Some brand new cars can be insured on future classic policies.
Things like a 1.2 Clio will never be classic cars as such, so, you won't be able to get classic insurance for them.
If you are thinking about road tax, the law was brought in to be 25 years rolling. They stopped that in 1998, so, anything pre-August 1973 qualifies for free road tax.
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e30_Turbo
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Adrian Flux told me this morning that any car over 10yrs qualifies with them.....still didn't get my premium under a grand tho....even on limited mileage 
