Can a relative from Australia visit UK for six months, buy and insure a car and take it to Europe for a while?
Early next year I will have a relative from Australia visiting me and staying in UK for around six months. Rather than hiring a car for such a long period, he would like to buy a car for around £6000, insure it in his name and use it to tour UK and Europe while he is here. He would then sell the car before returning to Australia.
Two questions:
1. Is he able to purchase and insure a car in his name with a foreign driving licence?
2. Any advice on a reliable car for £6000?
Two questions:
1. Is he able to purchase and insure a car in his name with a foreign driving licence?
2. Any advice on a reliable car for £6000?
Asked on 9 June 2022 by Jack Currie
Answered by
Andrew Brady
Your relative should have no problem buying a car but (as I understand it) the address on the V5 logbook needs to be an address where your relative can be contacted if necessary (e.g. if you get a speeding fine or parking ticket). Lots of people don't have a fixed address so this can be a friend or family member's address used as a forwarding address.
Insurance will be a little more expensive than a UK resident with a UK driving licence so it's worth shopping around for quotes. I'm sure they'd bump up the premiums for a driver with a six-month policy, too, but it'd still be possible to get insurance.
A Honda Civic would be a pretty sensible option for £6000 – look for a 2012-onwards model and it'll be reliable/comfortable enough for touring Europe.
Insurance will be a little more expensive than a UK resident with a UK driving licence so it's worth shopping around for quotes. I'm sure they'd bump up the premiums for a driver with a six-month policy, too, but it'd still be possible to get insurance.
A Honda Civic would be a pretty sensible option for £6000 – look for a 2012-onwards model and it'll be reliable/comfortable enough for touring Europe.
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