Registering a kit car in the UK: IVA, the new DVLA rules and which plate you get DVLA rewrote its rules for kit-built, kit-converted and modified vehicles in August 2025, and most guides have not caught up. What the IVA test is and costs, the eight-point system that decides whether you keep the donor's number, when a Q plate is unavoidable, and why a Q plate shuts the door on MOT exemption.
