Quote Originally Posted by Valdelisbmw View Post
there is no penalty for new buyer .
That’s not quite true. A friend of mine bought a Uk reg 8 series last year which had been in the country a while. He had to pay a penalty. The penalty was based on the amount of time the car was last taxed in the UK (it had expired 4 months previous to him buying it) and when he brought it in to pay the VRT