Having just purchased my California Ocean, I obviously had to insure it and as such contacted Comfort insurance. I was very pleased with their quote and service but one thing unexpectedly came to light, the lady stated that my California was showing as an MPV on their database and not a campervan ( or motor caravan, can’t remember fully ) as it should be.The insurance database is based on the DVLA details and as such she advised me to get in touch with the dealership to rectify the mistake.
I contacted my VW dealership and highlighted the issue and they then found that three California’s that they had registered new this year were also shown as MPV and queried this with VW HQ. Below is the reply -
“The California’s are now classed as Body Type MPV they do not use CamperVan, please see below L
Vehicles registered with body type 96 will have MPV on the V5. This is not an internal issue, DVLA have changed the rules in terms of what body types can be used for tax class DC and PC. Historically, vehicles could be registered with body type 27 motor caravan in tax class DC & PC but DVLA have stopped this. As such the California model is now registered with body type MPV not motor caravan.”
Before I go back to Comfort Insurance and update them, has anyone else had this raised with them ? Is it correct ? Has anyone had a California registered as new since January this year and what is its classification ?
Sorry if this has previously discussed but I couldn’t find any info on here. Thanks