Petition Reduce age required for historic/classic vehicle status from 40 to 30 years

Historic/Classic vehicle status in the UK can be applied for when a vehicle becomes 40 years old, whereas many European countries allow this status to be applied for when a vehicle is 30 years old. We want to bring the UK rules into alignment with most of Europe.

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We feel that owners of historic and classic vehicles in the UK are penalised for a whole ten years more than most of our European cousins. Make “Historic/Classic” vehicle status available for vehicles when they are 30 years old. Many owners of classic vehicles have collections of multiple cars, and each one is required to go through annual MOT tests and pay road tax, even though owners really only use one vehicle at a time on UK roads. We believe this makes preserving British historic vehicles unfairly expensive.

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