That was certainly my initial thought at the start of this thread Malcolm - a modded 2nd hand Clubbie would also give you more interesting power/paint combos etc...

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Quote Originally Posted by MiniSnaps View Post
There's nothing stopping a private individual buying a van, Club or otherwise, there's VAT to be paid on cars and commercial vehicles and in both cases it can be reclaimed if you meet the criteria.
Agreed, but an individual 'outside the criteria' would obviously be hit for VAT with no recompense, and I don't see the point of paying more for a 'Van than you would for a minted 'pre-owned' Clubbie (which you could convert to full-on Van status). 'My' well-specced Cooper Clubvan would have hit over £19K with VAT added, where a Business User/company could get it for £16K by reclaiming VAT.

So buying a Clubvan if you can't benefit from the 'VAT refund' would be, IMO, insane