Hi,

Thinking of importing a car direct from Japan, wondering if anybody on here has done this, if so wondering if they can offer advice and recommendations, any hidden costs I should be aware of etc...

Thanks in advance
Mark

 

Hi Mark
What is it to be, anything special
Hows you been mate?

 

Not been on hear in ages, make one post and I'm spotted

Hi Pete not to bad mate, you? toying with another Legacy, but an estate this time probably the same vintage as before, not as keen on the more recent versions, the latest is fugly

Not keen on paying the overly inflated UK prices, when you can buy in Japan for 3K just trying to see if it's worth my while...

 

It's cheaper here in the UK than Japan my friend have you seen the current exchange rate?

 

To buy the a similar spec car here would cost around 8K, can get one there including shipping for under 4K.

Just concerned that there may be hidden costs when I get it here, aware of SVA mods required and the obvious delimiting and VAT

 

^^ id love to personally import a car from japan have you found a car already? i think the gov were saying they were thinking of bringing the vat down, thats what my boss said anyway and hes pretty political but we all know what there like tbh. good luck though.

 

What year car are you after?
Here is an example, a JDM 2005 reg hawk sells for 1600000 yen, the exchange rate at the moment is £1 = 82 yen, convert that and you are looking at £19,300, thats just the cost before anything from the auction, you then have handling fee's, shipping, registration etc, these go for around 13-15k over here for a good one.

Tony

 

Looking at a 2003 Legacy GTB, not an auction this is a car dealer, but need to do some homework on the additional items once it arrives, registration, SVA & VAT etc

 

I looked into this last year when I was on the look out for a JDM, exchange rate killed it and wasn't really worth it in the end so got lucky and found a good one over here.

 

Nice choice, I looked at a wr limited way back and nearly bought

 

I remember... been nearly 4 years since the B4, and Yvette's Forester was written off recently (thanks to a 10 day old Merc hitting her in the rear), so need something big, Practical and nice to drive, so can think of nothing other then a GTB

 

Tony,
Who are you using for exchanging money? The local money laundering mafia?!?

125yen to 1 GBP

 

Forex has the rate a shade over 122 still pays to buy over here though even at that rate LOL

Shaun

 

i wonder what wold be the cost of a new/near to import a JDM BRZ ? not keen on a slow UK one LOL

Tony

 

if the car is under 10 years old it will need an sva, dvla will charge you 55 quid plus road tax the register it. you need customs and excise forms and a shiiper (get the jap export cert for the car too)