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Individual vehicle approval manuals

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) published a series of manuals listing all the technical requirements for individual vehicle approval (IVA).

There are different manuals for different types of vehicle:

• M1 vehicles - passenger cars
• M2 and M3 vehicles - buses and coaches
• N1 vehicles - light goods vehicles (up to 3,500kgs)
• N2 and N3 vehicles - heavy goods vehicles (over 3,500kgs)
• O1, O2, O3 and O4 vehicles - light and heavy trailers

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