The “new” red V5 has been out since August last year.
You need to get onto Swansea if your current registered keeper details are exactly the same as the previous registered keeper details. Note that even the tiniest change in the name field will ‘force’ a new registered keeper and it’s unlikely Swansea will amend it if that’s the case.
The only reason they changed it is because of the huge number of fake green ones. However, the new red one is so simple that it could be knocked up in PS in about 30 mins and I’m sure the watermarked paper could be sourced easily enough from some bent Far East outfit.
The reason for the red log books is that a batch of the old colour ones were stolen,so they changed the colour to stop the scumbags ringing the stolen motors.
Rob K:
Note that even the tiniest change in the name field will ‘force’ a new registered keeper and it’s unlikely Swansea will amend it if that’s the case.