Editing Kit car (section)

===United Kingdom===
[[File:DuttonSierraKitCar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Dutton Cars|Dutton]] Sierra kit car [[chassis]] and [[Glass-reinforced plastic|GRP]] [[Coachwork|bodywork]] prior to installation of mechanical components]]
[[File:Quantum Mark 1 Hatchback Chassis Q003 as of end of 2016.jpg|thumb|Quantum Mark 1 Hatchback, one of very few kit cars to have a [[glass-reinforced plastic]] (grp) [[monocoque]] construction]]
Vehicle regulations in the UK allow the production of up to 200 vehicles a year without the extensive [[regulation]] and testing requirements applied to mass-market vehicles. This has led to an expanding industry of small producers capable of offering partial and complete kits, some for export, and finished vehicles for domestic use.

The [[Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency]] (DVLA) regulate kit cars in the UK, which helps to ensure that vehicles used on the road are safe and suitable for the purpose.  The current test for this is Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA), which has replaced Single Vehicle Approval (SVA).  When SVA was first introduced in 1998, many believed this would kill off the kit car market, but in reality it has made the kit car market stronger, as the vehicles produced now have to meet a minimum standard.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}  IVA was introduced in summer 2009 and it is too early to tell what impact this will have on the industry.{{Needs update|date=October 2024}}

A significant number of kit cars do not receive a 'Q' registration plate, which signifies a vehicle of unknown or mixed age. All kit cars are subject to a Vehicle Identity Check, VIC, by the DVLA to determine the registration mark a kit car is assigned.  This will be either, a new, current year, registration; an 'age-related' registration; or a 'Q' plate.  Once a kit car has been correctly registered, a V5C, or log book, will be assigned and then a kit car is treated in exactly the same way as a production car, from any larger manufacturer.  A kit car must pass its [[MOT test]] and have a valid [[road fund license|car tax]], or have a valid [[SORN|Statutory Off-Road Notification]] (SORN) declaration. As part of the IVA, a kit car can sometimes be permitted to assume the age of a single, older car (the ''donor car'') if the major parts were taken from it in its construction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vehicle Registration of Reconstructed classic vehicles |url=https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/reconstructed-classic-vehicles |publisher=UK Government |access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref> If the [[Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom#Age identifiers|age identifier]] assigned to a kit car falls before 1980 the vehicle may be road taxed free of charge.<ref name="Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-exempt-from-car-tax |work=Direct.Gov |publisher=UK Government |access-date=25 April 2013 |title= (UK) Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax |quote=In 2013: You don’t have to pay vehicle tax on vehicles made before 1 January 1973 (‘historic vehicles’); at 2018: Historic vehicles: Vehicles made before 1 January 1977 are exempt from 1 April 2017.}}</ref>

According to figures given to ''Kit Car'' magazine, the most popular kit in the United Kingdom in 2005 was made by [[Robin Hood Engineering|Robin Hood Sportscars]], who sold 700 kits a year. The editor of ''Kit Car Magazine'' suggests in 2016 the MEV Exocet was the best selling kit car.
[[File:Lomax 224 rouge.jpg|thumb|Lomax 224]]
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* [[356 Sports]]
* [[3GE Components]]
* [[AK Sportscars]]
* [[Alternative Cars Limited (UK)]]
* [[Arkley (automobile)|Arkley SS]]
* [[AS Motorsport Limited]] – replica Aston Martin DBR1 and DBR2's
* [[Ashley (automobile)|Ashley Laminates]]
* [[Automotive Design and Development|ADD Nova]]
* [[Autotune (Rishton) Limited]] – replica XK120, Elva, and McLaren
* [[Banham Conversions]]
* [[Beauford automobiles]]
* Brightwheel Replicas Ltd – Replica Cobra and Countach
* [[Buckler Cars]]
* [[Burlington Cars]]
* [[Cavallo (car manufacturer)|Cavallo]]
* [[Clan (car)|Clan]]
*  Classic Replicas – carry on company after Brightwheel -Cobra Replicas.
* [[Covin (automobile)|Covin]]
* [[Dakar 4x4]]
* [[Dax Cars|Dax]]
* [[Davrian]]
* [[Diva (car manufacturer)|Diva]]
* [[Dutton Cars]]
* [[Eagle Cars Limited|Eagle (SS)]]
* [[Elva (car manufacturer)|Elva]]
* [[Embeesea Kit Cars]]
* [[Fairthorpe Cars]]
* [[Falcon Shells]]
* [[Gardner Douglas]]
* [[GCS Cars|GCS Hawke]]
* [[Gentry Cars]]
* [[Ginetta Cars]]
* [[GKD sports cars]]
* [[Robin Hood Engineering|Great British Sports Cars]]
* [[GTM Cars]]
* [[Hawk Cars]]
* [[Heron Plastics]]
* [[Hustler (car)|Hustler]]
* [[Jago (car)|Jago]]
* [[JBA Cars]]
* [[JZR Trikes]]
* [[Locost]]
* [[Locust (car)|Locust]]
* [[Lomax (auto)|Lomax]]
* [[Marcos (automobile)|Marcos]]
* [[MEV Ltd|Mills Extreme Vehicles]]
* [[Clan (car)|McCoy]]
* [[Marlin (car)|Marlin]]
* [[Microplas]]
* [[Midas Cars]]
* MK Sportscars
* [[MNR Sportscars]]
* [[Moss Cars]]
* [[Onyx Sports Cars]]
* [[Opperman]]
* [[Parallel Designs]]
* [[Peel Engineering Company|Peel]]
* [[Peerless (UK car)|Peerless / Warwick]]
* [[Piper Cars]]
* [[Pembleton motor company|Pembleton]]
* [[Quantum Sports Cars]]
* [[Raw Striker|Raw]]
* [[Road Track Race Ltd|RTR]]
* [[Robin Hood Engineering|Robin Hood]]
* [[Rochdale (car)|Rochdale]]
* [[Mini Scamp|Scamp]]
* [[Sherpley Motors]]
* [[Siva Motor Car Company|Siva]]
* [[Sylva Autokits Ltd|Sylva]]
* [[Spartan Cars]]
* [[Tiger Racing]]
* [[Tornado (car company)|Tornado]]
* [[Trident (car company)|Trident]]
* [[Turner Sports Cars]]
* [[Ultima Sports Ltd|Ultima Sports]]
* [[Vindicator Cars]]
* [[Westfield Sportscars]]
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Manufacturers in the UK are actively supported by owners' clubs, some of which are marque specific; while others follow a specific type, such as Cobra replicas. Some groups are also area related, (for example, by county or geographic location).

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* Quantum Owners Club
* Southern Kit Car Club
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