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Although £1000 probably seems a lot. Its about right for 2 headlights on a reasonably modern car.
I doubt your car will have Xenon lights as AFIK only the ST's have this even as an option. It may however have projectors which may be computer programmable by the dealer to switch to LHD for as little as the cost of half hours diagnostic check.
Projectors are glass lenses that focus the light of the bulb, they kind of look like 'eye's' in the headlight.
Just to add to Iceweasel, in my and several other peoples experience the V5 document does not have all the information needed to register a secondhand car in another EU country so you need a CoC. Plus if the car is less than 6 months old it is liable for vat or some new car tax in the country you are importing to even though all this has already been paid in the UK. You then have a nightmare trying to claim the UK taxes paid back.
Untrue - There is no blanket EU wide rule - each country has it's own - so we are generalizing here. It's often 6 months but it's the Danish rules which will have to be consulted.
Secondly a Certificate of Conformity is only required for a new car. Registering a used car in a country you are permanently moving to requires only the registration papers from the previous country.
Again, what the import country wants is country-dependent. For bringing a car into the UK, a CoC is needed for cars under 10yo. Over that, just an MOT plus either foreign papers or some other proof of age.
