Hi there, i’m in the middle of a homologation process in Spain for my NA 1990 1.6 and…it’s a nightmare. The MOT is ok but now we’re at the taxation and in Spain it’s based on the actual value and not the “catalogue” value hence they want to charge me 1400 eur based on their belief that the NA has a big valour…The good thing is that they’re open to discussion/argumentation so as a negociation vieuwpoint it would be nice to know the new value in 1990 (preferably in Belgium or even better Spain). My NA will never have costed me that much; 1400+tranport to Spain 1000+homologation costs (500-700 eur)=app. 2900-3100 eur.
My NC costed 1500 incl the trip Be-Es, homologation and taxes.
Whatever you do, don’t base it on a UK 1990 price. That period was one of the worst for price gouging cars in Britain, people would order RHD cars (built in Britain) from dealers in Europe and save thousands by personal import. This is partly why there are so many Eunos here!
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Ooh, thanks for that clarification, have to look for Be,Fr,Nl guideprices then…don’t think it will make a difference but worth trying.
I picked this up at the classic motor show at the NEC. (Managed to get Autoalex and Mike Brewer to sign it too!) new price was £14250 in 1990. Which according to google is over £40000 today accounting for inflation.
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We bought a Mitsubishi Colt 1.8 GTI in 1990 which, if memory serves, was just over £10,500. I seem to remember the “new” MX5 was significantly more expensive, at around £14,000. Unfortunately, anecdotes probably won’t be accepted as evidence!
Thx guys, Jacob…that is a very desirable copy of that magazine 
This seems to agree with the £14,250 when new in 1990
That is exactly their argumentation…in Spain.
As the registration taxes are based on the “actual” value instead of the catalogue-value,… the guy i was dealing with said; these cars are rising in value (suits them for taxing me too…).
As the 1990 MX-5 was not listed in their database they have their own old-school method to solve this and they do some basic research in the adds; they look for the 3 cheapest cars and then make a calculation based on the average price of these cars… and as the NA is a rather rare car here the demanded prices are high (9000 eur upwards) for mostly imported Miata’s …
It’s a bit of a roulette depending on the actual market…but the fact that prices are rising and that they are aware of this makes it also more expensive to register it here.
Bearing in mind the single market, can you register a car in one EU state and run it indefinitely in another or is there a time limit? In other words, register it in Luxembourg for example (if that is the cheapest) and run it in Spain?
Well…as a non-resident you can during 6 months . As a resident (my case) it’s just 2 months.
Not an option then!
