IMVIA gathers data

The Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association (IMVIA) has put out a reminder regarding the next phase of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) implementation. As of March 2018, all used class MA vehicles (passenger cars) with an engine capacity greater than two litres are required to be fitted with ESC. To assist members with compliance, the IMVIA has requested data from the NAK (National Japanese auction houses) database on vehicles sold at auction in Japan and are currently developing algorithms to sort vehicles by engine size and ESC fitment. This will then be further analysed by an independent consultant and a set of tables produced which will be available to all members later on in the year. "We are currently obtaining data from our Japanese partners and our policy analyst and advisor, Kit Wilkerson is working on that at the moment. Once we have all the information we need, we should have more information for our members," says membership and technical services manager, Malcolm Yorston.  According to Yorston, this information should be available by the third quarter. "So we still have a good six months to sift through the data."  All other used class MA, MB and NA light passenger and goods vehicles will be required to have ESC from 1 March 2020.