Importing 25+ year-old car from EU - anyone here done it?

Also interested in this. Thanks.

 

yes, done it with three cars. not a big deal. will cost you roughly $15k plus the 2.5% import duty.

contact Matthew Fisher at CARS. tell him i sent you
[email protected]

 

Where does the $15K come from?

For comps sake, I’m paying about $1500-2000 per vehicle coming in on a boat from Japan, all in about $2500-3K total per vehicle, this includes insurance, freight and brokerage line item fees etc etc etc. + the 2.5% or 25% (for “trucks”) based on invoice price of whatever vehicle.

Do you have some one over there handling transaction and paperwork to get it to a shipping port?
If so, on the US side happy to share my broker info down in NY/NJ, they’d handle everything on arrival and this side. The short of it timeline wise is
Purchase agreement for car over there, pay it
Broker over there arranges port drop off and will then send ocean liner info, all docs to you OR your broker here
Wait for arrival. They send notice of arrival +2-3 days before it hits stateside port
Arrange pickup at port here
Ship car to your home with all paperwork etc
voila

 

Reach out to MIT Engineer in the Boxer section. He is currently doing it with 2 cars.

 

It’s not hard. Just costs $

 

you are probably shipping on a roro.
i had containers for the ferraris, and the numbers were about 6-8k per car plus the duty, back in 2019.
with current price hikes on containers etc, i doubled that price as my estimate for what it will cost today.
if it is less, then congratulations !

 

Would you kindly share your US contact? I was looking to speak with someone over the phone regarding this topic, thanks!

 

Carlos Almonte

Penbroke Marine Svs

Cartainer Ocean Line

975 E Linden Ave

Linden, NJ 07036

Tel: 908 862 2262 x 260

Fax: 908 862 2848

WhatsApp: (321) 258-4154


Tell him Kenny from Auto Technic recommended

 

Just bought a 348 tb from Holland a few months ago. Should be at my home on 28th. Used Schumacher shipping. Was relatively painless.

 

Imported a 550 Maranello in March and currently have a 355 GTS and an 89 GTB turbo on the boat over here now.

 

I’m curious if anyone who imported a 25Y+ car ended up selling it afterwards and if there is generally a discount vs market due to the provenance ?

 

That's model and age specific. The newer the car yes typically there is a bit of a discount. But if the car is a stud. It doesn't matter. Also it just depends on how difficult it will be for most to register in their state. It just elimantes buyer pool.

Just because the feds say you can bring it in doesn't mean it will pass local emissions