Vehicle Certification Agency
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Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is an Executive Agency of the UK Department for Transport and the UK’s type approval authority and a leading certification body.
VCA have been supporting the motor industry since the early 1970’s, with offices both in the UK, and North America, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Malaysia and now India.
The services that VCA provide include type approval testing and certification for all road-going vehicles,including cars, trucks, motorcycles, agricultural vehicles, buses and coaches, ambulances, fire engines and motor caravans, and replacement part systems and components.
They also provide Management Systems Certification to:
VCA are also responsible for the production of the New Car Fuel Consumption and Emission Figures booklet, published annually and available free of charge from all new car dealers, or direct from VCA. They also manage the on-line database containing the latest data for new cars, which includes a Vehicle Excise Duty calculator:
