Hi Brian,
Thanks for that clarification.
Morning Ian, Not too sure if I have clarified anything. For reasons I am not too sure of I have been interested in the low-volume exemption rules for a while, though every time I have a troll through the rules they seem to get harder to follow and more diverse, so any views I have based on a an awareness of 10% of the information, interpreted with no skill,,,,
SVA is a low volume alternative to Type Approval but the rules for both SVA and Type Approval are the same (that's a first!) Surely the vehicle will have to be submitted for one or the other, which one doesn't matter.
As far as I can see (But see above) SVA, as the name implies, is for a single vehicle - a kit car, a substantially rebuilt car, some foreign imports etc. Type approval is for the big boys - crash testing and soon pedestrian protection, ABS air bags etc.
Then we have the Low Volume Vehicle exemption (LVV) the LVV rules used be at around 200 vehicles a year, but i am sure that i read that the level had been raised to 1000 vehicles a year but can no longer find it. I would also guess that the standard for SVA is the one that applies for LVV - but for the range. But as I say that is a complete guess.
So I guess that's it. MMC want to avoid having it approved under car C&U regs for taxation reasons.
Well that must be part of it I guess, but I would think that the main reason is that they wanted to avoid the need to adhere to the SVA construction requirements. This requirement may not be a problem - whether it is is the current issue I would have thought. I do suspect that they may have to add some appendages to the front for pedestrian protection.
We will soon find out
