08 350z with DE engine

[mrjones350]

Just found this add on autotrader and after noticing the bulge free  bonnet  and single intake engine, I thought the dealer was lying about the year...checked it on the sorn website and it was indeed  1st registered in April  08!...must've been lying in the showroom for a while!!

[Ebized]

Load of unsold DE's came from Ireland over a couple of years after the HR was launched.  No doubt others left unsold in UK dealers which no doubt led to some bargains to be had.

[mrjones350]

That would explain it then...to be fair, it's a nice looking car

[pintopete58]

Would you want to pay higher tax bracket for a DE or is it the lower tax bracket ?

[Samoht]

16 hours ago, Ebized said:

Load of unsold DE's came from Ireland over a couple of years after the HR was launched.  No doubt others left unsold in UK dealers which no doubt led to some bargains to be had.

Makes sense, the 2007-08 boom and financial crash hit especially hard over there I understand.

 

15 hours ago, pintopete58 said:

Would you want to pay higher tax bracket for a DE or is it the lower tax bracket ?

The tax goes on the date of first registration, so this, like every 350Z first registered from 23rd March 2006, will pay the top rate of tax.  AFAIK the 296hp RevUp cars ran from April 2006 to May 2007, so all (?) RevUps pay the higher rate except the GT4 special editions from 2005 - I assume this is a RevUp so no different from the others in those terms.  If it was an Apr 07 car it might have only sat for a year.