Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association Members List

The Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association Inc (LVVTA) was established by a group of car clubs and associations, all with an interest in vehicle modifications, during 1990 when the Government began to introduce regulations that could affect the motor car hobby. The ten current members of the LVVTA (as of August 2004) are shown on the left and right sides of this page.

The LVVTA staff, Technical Advisory Committee, the majority of the Low Volume Vehicle Certifiers [who are appointed by Land Transport New Zealand], and the many others that assist us with advice, are all people with a passion for building and modifying cars. Many are involved in motorsport and all have built up a wealth of personal knowledge about motor vehicle design, construction, and modification.

There are others within the LVV community who are equally passionate about different but no less important forms of modification; setting up vehicles with special control and access systems for people with disabilities.

There is no formal education path that leads to car building skills, and some of our most respected car modifiers, builders, and LVV Certifiers have been entirely self taught, and have built up an immense store of knowledge and skills through a lifetime of hands-on involvement and car club activities.

The LVVTA's primary objectives include:

to promote and retain the right of New Zealanders to use motor vehicles on the public road that have been modified, or constructed in limited volumes, for sporting, recreational, special mobility or business purposes; and
to develop and maintain, in consultation with the LTNZ, a Low Volume Vehicle Code, to govern the modification or construction of low volume vehicles; by being incorporated by reference in applicable road transport law; and
to achieve effective communication with persons concerned with the modification, construction, and certification of low volume vehicles; and
to remain an independent and autonomous organisation within the motor vehicle industry; and
to advocate and lobby on behalf of the members of LVVTA to protect and advance these objectives.

In order to achieve these objectives, the LVVTA:

represents the needs of its members to the Government; and
develops and continuously improves the LVV Technical Standards that ensure that every aspect of a scratch-built or modified vehicle's design and construction is carried out as safely as it can be; and
provides technical support services to the owners of hobby cars in order to assist them through the LVV Certification process; and
provides training, technical support and all necessary LVV documentation to the LVV Certifiers.

This website provides visitors with:

A list of modifications that can be carried out without the legal requirement for the vehicle to be certified.
The technical standards that a modified or scratch-built vehicle must meet in order to be approved during the LVV certification process.
A list of approved certifiers throughout New Zealand, together with the types of low volume vehicles that they are authorised to certify.
Access to the LVVTA Forum for discussion and assistance on various queries and information.
For Technical assistance contact:
Email - tech@lvvta.org.nz
Technical help line: 04 477 4372

Further contact and enquiries should be made in the first instance with your local certifier, who will contact the LVVTA if the vehicle modifications are not covered by the LVVTA Standards.