Insurance Cyprus

Buying a car in Cyprus?  TopTips by TopQuotes Insurance Year of manufacture Cyprus, as an island, has never had a domestic car manufacturing industry and, as such, every vehicle you see on the roads has at some point been imported to the island. So it pays to be very wary when buying a car to check the actual year of manufacture as this can vary wildly from the date of importation/1st registration. Because all logbooks are written in Greek you would be none the wiser. Some garages will give the date of first registration as the year of manufacture and sometimes there can be up to a couple of years difference between both.   Additionally this can potentially mean that the car is an older generation model and therefore highly unlikely to have the same exhaust emissions as a newer year model (which in turn can cost more for your annual road fund licence). For insurance purposes we need to know the actual year of manufacture, as this relates to the ea...

Buying a car in Cyprus? Top tips from TopQuotes With UK and Japanese cars being right hand drive, both of these countries are where the majority of cars in Cyprus originate from. When buying a car that has been exported from the UK, you can take extra precautions before handing over your hard earned money. You can do this by carrying out a vehicle check against the UK registration number it last held to ensure the car hasn’t been stolen, written off or has a mileage discrepancy. Some ruthless dealers specifically buy cars from the UK that have sustained sufficient damage for their insurance companies to declare them as a ‘total loss’ or ‘beyond economic repair’. While many ‘lightly’ damaged cars may have had only superficial cosmetic damage, unless you know what you are looking for, you are effectively paying over the odds for a substandard vehicle. Similarly, as all modern vehicles have electronic mileometers, there is a whole industry for ...