Continuations are not classic cars, but new cars and should be treated as such (question of the week)
02/15/2021
More and more manufacturers have started to recreate the cars of yesteryear, often with meticulous attention to detail. However, according to current legislation, these vehicles are not allowed to be driven on the road, because as "new cars" they would have to comply with today's registration regulations, which is not possible without compromising on fidelity to the original. This means that they are restricted to race tracks and exhibitions, which is a shame.
We wanted to know from Zwischengas readers whether this has to be the case, or whether easier registration should be possible.
The question of the week was therefore: Should faithful replicas be able to be registered for road use in accordance with the regulations of the time?
Over half (51.1 percent) of the approximately 280 respondents were in favor of the current solution, i.e. new cars, including continuations, should also have to comply with new car regulations, i.e. no special regulations for replica classics.
However, 39.3 percent were in favor of the rule that continuations only have to comply with the regulations of the time, provided they were rebuilt exactly according to the original specifications.
For 9.6 percent, neither of the two answers matched.
Here is the graphical analysis of the survey:
Of course, we have already put a new question of the week into the round. Now we want to know how much more classic car buyers value a manual gearbox compared to an automatic transmission.
And of course you can still read all the results of the previous "Questions of the Week " in the topic channel.
