4-2-2: Italian official favours annual testing

25 May 2011  

A proposal for switching away from 4-2-2 and adopting annual testing has been mooted by a trade official in Italy

Eugenio Razelli, president of ANFIA, roughly equivalent to VOSA, said: “The current requirement is to ‘service’ (test) after every four years than every two following that. In Japan, cars are tested every year and forthcoming EU legislation suggests that this is far more desirable.”

He added that test requirements need to be more rigorous. “Currently there is no need to test shock absorbers and brakes are tested ‘on the bench’ rather than in a real situation – this is something that must change. Strictness and new protocols are the way to go”.

Razelli’s comments were made at the opening conference of Autopromotec, a huge aftermarket trade fair currently being held in Bologna, Italy. The official also noted that Italy has the oldest parc in Western Europe with more than half of registered vehicles being over ten years old.