Hi everybody!

We intend to buy a car in Italy. What kind of papers are requested for it?
The buyer is not an italian resident. One may assume a passport should be enough.
Could someone provide information on the subject?

Thanks in advance.

From what I know you would need to be either Italy resident or an Italian living overseas but registered AIRE ( Associazione Italiana residenti estero ) - you know the mva needs to know where they can send your tickets :-)

Ciao

Temporary Solution

Please make sure the local laws allow you to have foreign plates on your car in your region of Italy before proceeding with this transaction.

Register a small company in your home country, purchase the car in Italy under the company name, and put your countries plates on the car. The car plates can be sent buy courier within a week. There are many foreigners in Calabria driving their vehicles with foreign license plates. I not sure in other regions if this is legal. My neighbor in my town drives his yellow corvette with California license plates (for years) and that is what he did. The tickets go back to his Los Angeles address just makes sure your drivers license is of International status.

Good luck
Frank

Frank - Italy is not like the US - The laws are basically the same all over the country -
Also the suggestion does not seem possible to me - Right now however with the dollar this low it is much better to ship the car from the United States ( it will cost 1/2 as much ) -
Paolo

If a car is running on foreign plates, how do you get around the MOT/Revisione? Many insurance policies will be invalid if the car doesn't have a current MOT. I didn't want to drive back to the UK every year, so have changed my car onto Italian plates. Expensive, but less worry.

Ciao Paolo & Mark

I do not how my neighbor in Italy handles the insurance MOT issue with his (company car) but all I know is that he has been driving his yellow corvette in Calabria for the longest time. One thing is for sure he draws a lot of attention when he joins us at the local bar. He always has a circle of people staring at it.

Mark tell me why you changed your British Plates were you forced to do so by MOT or as you mentioned "cost factor".

Salve
Frank

Ciao Franco - I changed the number plates as my insurance and MOT (Revisione) were about to run out - for UK insurance , it is a requirement that the car has an MOT - it has been challenged in UK courts (I have been a Motor insurance Claims Assessor in a pre-Italy life!), and successfully so, but it probably cost the earth to defend, and who needs the hassle? Cost for my car (old heap, but nice to drive) 1995 Toyota Celica, 2 litre (liter in the USA) - 917 euro for the revisione and plates, 270 euro for the "Tech Spec" from Toyota, approx 46 euro for the stamps on the translations of V5, Sales Invoice and UK MOT (translation - if you don't have an Italian wife, who knows how many euro it will cost to get one) - this all excludes insurance and road tax (bollo). The bollo (as is the targa conversion) is based on Kw power, and age - the bollo goes up significantly if the car is old (1995 like mine), and again for the engine size.

Result? UK car, old, 2000cc + - about 1200 euro conversion, plus insurance and road tax. Worth it? If you can import a car from the USA and save $4000 or more on the equivalent price in Italy, yes, otherwise it's convenience or necessity.