So how many
K1 owners are running around in
K1 that show as
Cupra FSI T on the V5.
I've pushed a few numbers through a reg check and of 30 numbers 6 have come back as
Cupra FSI T, the rest as
Cupra K1 FSI T.
The one I'm buying comes back as
Cupra FSI T, but it was a Dealer Demo car ??
SEAT UK have also confirmed that it's not registered as a
K1, but then they are probably using the same registration database as everyone else (the wording of the response would seem to indicate that).
I'm not that bothered it's showing as a lowly
Cupra, as it's in cracking condition. But I am trying to establish why and how some are registered as
K1 whereas others are not. If only just to
help explain to anyone as anal as me about the history.
Perhaps those converted by dealers are not showing
K1 on the V5 due to type approval/registration approval/official sign-off.
TBH I'm surprised a vehicle can be modified upon entry into the UK and be registered as a different model. Surely SEAT UK would of had to seek new model type approval.
It could be like a Prodrive Performance Pack (PPP) Subaru or Subaru WR that doesn't show on the V5 and are converted by dealers (early ones were converted by Prodrive). The vehicle had to be registered to an owner prior to modification in order to get around the type approval. I know the regulation was tightened up some years ago, perhaps this coincides with the importing of the
K1.