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Been round dealers trying to price my sti8 maltese import as px.No one seems interested in taking it off my hands against a uk model,seems strange as car came with 3 year pan european warranty,and is full uk spec..Also subaru uk has never registered the car,has anybody had this problem with a car from malta.

TVR Gary

I hope not coz i only picked mine up three weeks ago.

Nigel H

I have no direct experience, just interest as the owner of a European Import MY01.

There've quite a few posts on here about similar things.

You have a Maltese car, which I would take to mean as a non-EU car. Thus Subaru UK (IM) and the dealers won't touch it. They won't service it, they won't do warranty work on it. They won't take it as a p-ex. If you want to sell it, you'll need to do so privately / auction. (This is the same for Japanese imports)

Cars from the EU (e.g. Belgium, Holland) will be serviced by the dealers - they have to. As for p-exing them, some dealers will do deals, but I think most won't. I've seen a few EU cars sold for £500 - £1000 less than a UK model.

I've not seen anybody saying how they got rid of Cyprus/Maltese cars

[Edited by Nigel H - 4/29/2003 11:24:48 AM]

GU5

So what will happen to the existing inports when Malta and Cyprus join the EU
Will you be able to get service on some but not others?