When I took the other day a N-reg Cinquecento Sporting to the MOT test the tester thought he has got to fail the car on emissions because it was slightly above the CO threshold.
To his surprise when feeding the car data into the computer, the printout showed that the cat test is not required. To the surprise of the staff all that is required is the the HC is no more than 1200ppm and the CO no more than 3.5%.
This does not apply to all cars before that date. But it will apply to most of the Cinquecentos and possibly some Puntos, which means this is good news for the modders as they wouldn't need a cat altogether.
To his surprise when feeding the car data into the computer, the printout showed that the cat test is not required. To the surprise of the staff all that is required is the the HC is no more than 1200ppm and the CO no more than 3.5%.
This does not apply to all cars before that date. But it will apply to most of the Cinquecentos and possibly some Puntos, which means this is good news for the modders as they wouldn't need a cat altogether.