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The single vehicle approval is a test introduced in 1998 by the
British government
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to determine the road worthiness of a
vehicle
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not otherwise type approved within the UK, on a one off basis. Typically used by '
kit car
A kit car is an automobile available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the buyer then assembles into a functioning car. Usually, many of the major mechanical systems such as the engine and transmission are sourced from donor ve ...
s', very low volume production vehicles, and personally imported cars, allowing these cars to be used legally on the roads for a reasonable fee.
IVA
In 2009 individual vehicle approval began replacing the SVA and is now the test used for the majority of vehicle types previously tested with the SVA test.
Standards required are more stringent and test fees are higher.