Importing a new car from Japan - Landcruiser 70 series
Discussion
Given that a new Landcruiser 70 series is 4,800,000, Say £27k.
tax and duty circa £6500.
£33.5k total.
Shipping around £2k.
whats a sensible rate to pay to get one landed? £38k with agent fees? Anyone know a good a agent?
https://toyota.jp/landcruiser70/grade/?padid=from_...
tax and duty circa £6500.
£33.5k total.
Shipping around £2k.
whats a sensible rate to pay to get one landed? £38k with agent fees? Anyone know a good a agent?
https://toyota.jp/landcruiser70/grade/?padid=from_...
TommoAE86 said:
jason61c said:
No idea why the mods buried my thread here. Thanks…
Shhh can’t have the Eurotrash lovers cottoning onto the best cars 
Figures above match what I paid including the extra to an importer for both of mine.
What did you import?
Axeboy said:
Im sure I heard the issue will be actually getting one. I think the next 3 years are already allocated
I reckon £35k-ish if you could ever get one at list price
The part I wouldnt know is the cost/risk with the IVA/reg
I know the larger one is, not sure on this.I reckon £35k-ish if you could ever get one at list price
The part I wouldnt know is the cost/risk with the IVA/reg
Edited by Axeboy on Sunday 17th December 13:28
jason61c said:
just shows the mods to be a little narrow minded!
What did you import?
Being honest any Japanese car mention elsewhere on this site seems to get a fair amount of negative responses and has ramped up recently, look at that guy with the thread in here about the way Japanese cars look, shame as it was an interesting question but still wanted to bWhat did you import?
h about how a RX-7 looked. 
I've had two but they weren't new so didn't have much to do to get through the inspection or whatever. I had a '93 Skyline GTS-t and my current car which is a '06 Toyota Crown Athlete. I don't have the exact figures but I'm fairly confident in saying that it was £3k-ish for both which covers the transportation + profit of the guys I used.
Curious about this too. How would you actually go about the buying part? I'm assuming a Japanese dealer probably won't facilitate selling directly to someone abroad, right? In which case, do you need someone on the ground to play the part of a regular punter?
(This train of thought stimulated by my discovery earlier today that the kei version of the Jimny starts at, wait for it, £9k!)
(This train of thought stimulated by my discovery earlier today that the kei version of the Jimny starts at, wait for it, £9k!)
Depends, if the parts shared then your local dealer - for example on my Skyline the rear shocks were shared with the 200SX (it was a GTS-t) so that was a Nissan dealer, and the Crown is a Lexus GS underneath so that's easy.
For other stuff then I'll find the part number on Amayama and see if it's the same as an EU with a different number or buy from them. Had to replace the bonnet struts on the Crown and it was cheaper and quicker to get them from Japan that it was through a main dealer
For other stuff then I'll find the part number on Amayama and see if it's the same as an EU with a different number or buy from them. Had to replace the bonnet struts on the Crown and it was cheaper and quicker to get them from Japan that it was through a main dealer
TommoAE86 said:
Depends, if the parts shared then your local dealer - for example on my Skyline the rear shocks were shared with the 200SX (it was a GTS-t) so that was a Nissan dealer, and the Crown is a Lexus GS underneath so that's easy.
For other stuff then I'll find the part number on Amayama and see if it's the same as an EU with a different number or buy from them. Had to replace the bonnet struts on the Crown and it was cheaper and quicker to get them from Japan that it was through a main dealer
If that was in reply to me, you're answering a different question. I meant "the buying the car part" not "buying parts", if you get my (Tokyo) drift.For other stuff then I'll find the part number on Amayama and see if it's the same as an EU with a different number or buy from them. Had to replace the bonnet struts on the Crown and it was cheaper and quicker to get them from Japan that it was through a main dealer
shirt said:
£2k for shipping? You might want to recheck that! Rates have gone up >50% in the past week.
Hmm, really?Friend has a Honda currently on the way (assuming it doesn't get jacked, it's somewhere between Somalia and the Suez right now) and I think his shipping was under £1k.
Didn't realise pricing was that volatile. Or is it a direct effect of the current piracy worries and having to go the long way?
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