Anyone ship a car from Europe to USA?

Feb. a year ago I brought over a QP1. paid $10,000 to put in a special container. door to door service

 

I'd look beyond the Maserati sub forum for an answer.

 

There is a company called CARS that I've used. Assume approximately 8% all in with shipping, taxes, insurance, etc. If you need their contact info, PM me.

 

I also used CARS three years ago to import a Fiat Dino from Italy. They were very good but probably not the least expensive. CARS is based in the UK and also have offices in the USA.

International Car Shipping & UK and European Car Transportation

I currently have a Lancia Fulvia Zagato on a container from Italy but for this car I am using a Miami based imported that routinely brings cars from Italy.

Ivan

 

Next door to you.........

Martin Button 55 New Montgomery St # 400, San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 777-1141

Tell him James from Lopez Island says Hi!

 

$106k for 90,000 euro is crazy. Don't do it!!! Current exchange rate is about $1.1166 per euro (might be lower on Monday in light of the Greek news). You should be able to find somebody to do it at about a percentage point higher. I do it trough my TD Ameritrade account and that is about what I get. B of A is quoting you 1.1777 which is highway robbery geared toward people who want a couple hundred euro because they'll be traveling to Europe. All retail bank seem to be the same way, I had the same experience with JPM Chase...

 

+1 on cosdel as well. Brought in an Alfa earlier this year. Painless.

 

Make sure you understand the California laws, and the car you are intending to import meets Ca. requirements. Unless you are intending to register it out of state. For example a 1971 car still needs to meet Ca smog laws even though it is pre 1975.

 

Interesting Gene, my Espada is a 71 MY built on 9/11/70 and it was imported by Bob Estes in LA. I have a feeling that even though it was sold there in 71 it would be illegal there now? It has zero smog control equipment. It doesn't even have the rear side marker lights. Yet I bought it in California where it was registered within the last 10 years. It is for all intent and purposes identical to a European car from that time.

 

Bob, since your car was in Ca for awhile it could most likely come back with out a problem if you have a paper trail to prove it. The pre 1975 cars are certainly a grey area. Some people have not had a problem while others have not been able to get their cars registered. From the several stories I have heard it appears to be related to who you get at the DMV office.

 

Why is this grey area? Isn't it spelled out in the law?

 

One set of laws exempt 1975 and earlier cars from smog. But another law relating to importing cars requires cars from 1967 to 1975 to meet the smog laws that existed at the time for that year. I am not an expert in this area but I believe imported cars 1967-1975 must also meet the safety and lighting requirements. To the best of my knowledge pre 1967 are exempt.