can anyone tell me what costs and requirements are involved in importing a car over from japan?i.e sva test re-registering it etc,how much would it all add up to?
any good websites to visit etc or a point in the right direction

p.s the idea is to sell the car on again to make a few quid

any help much appreciated

 

sva tests are about Ł165 i think

 

yeah that sounds about right,(Ł165)any idea on any other costs?

 

Hi mate,

Of the top of my head

Shipping Cost - Ł300 - Ł600 depending on vehicle size
VAT - 17.5% of (Vehicle Cost + Shipping Cost)
Customs - 10% of (Vehicle Cost + Shipping + VAT)
SVA - If 10 year or older
MOT
DVLA Registration Cost
Numberplates

I imported one a year ago and these were the associated costs then, I have heard that there is now a change in the SVA test, but am not entirely sure.

If you are importing to make money, choose the model carefully.

Due to nature of the import market in the UK, now, you could very easily lose money. I have actually seen vehicles on forecourts here, as cheap as I could import one myself.

Hope this is a help

 

cheers mattie,that was what i was looking for,i'll look into it now i have more details,i can see what you mean about being carefull with which model etc

ta

 

you would be better of going to an import auction. it will be a lot cheaper

 

Agreed

As long as you know what to look out for, because there is a lot of crap in some of these auctions

 

Yeah depending wat car you want depends which auction you go to. i used to do the sva work on a lot of imports. seen lots of sh*t but some really nice motors to

 

do you mean an import aution over here? or one in japan?

 

over here. there all over the place southampton docks,tilbury,liverpool think there is one in bristol

 

nice one-i'll check it out