USA import duties and costs for a Ferrari?

I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction (US Customs, DOT, etc.) in order to find out how much import duty I would have to pay if I wish to import a Ferrari into USA?

I have available brand new 2004 USA-spec Ferraris and in order to get a proper selling price I would need to know how much I would have to pay in duties (import tax and any other costs involved).

Thanks in advance for those who reply.

 

Besides Carfax, is there another place to verify that in fact the VIN #s I have are of USA spec cars? Is there some sort of Ferrari VIN decoder available that I could use to make sure that I in fact have USA spec cars?
Thanks

 

http://www.red-headed.com/index2.html

I did search it and in fact, the cars that I have locally are in fact USA spec. Brand new, never registered, 2004 360 Spider F1, Rosso Corsa, tan interior, black top, red calipers, rear Challenge grill, shields, Hi-fi, CD changer, electric seats. Available inmediately. Vin #ZFFYT53A640136894

 

I am in Latin America and wish to take a US-spec car into USA and sell it there. No conversion required at all. I am currently speaking with a forwarder and getting all of the paperwork ready from the DOT and figuring out the exact import duties owed in order to establish a price on these vehicles. I have been told that it would take approximately two to three weeks from the time the car leaves port and is already titled and ready to be sold in Miami.

I too found it extremely odd that these cars are available right now since I am aware of the multiple year waiting list in the US. I have looked up the VIN numbers and they do match to US-spec cars. I did search on Carfax and there is no record on them, I merely get an exact match to the vehicle description. Only thing that comes to mind is that the quotas for dealers outside the US have not been fulfilled as others in the US and this dealer has cars he cannot move locally so he offered me to help him sell them elsewhere.

No, this is not a prank, nor I am a scammer, just trying to help out a someone else while at the same time potentially making a profit by doing something with what I truly enjoy (cars).

 

I currently own a BMW Euro spec car and was wondering if I could bring it to the States, but unfortunately I could not get a letter from BMW stating its certified for US roads since my engine was never offered in US (S50B32, 3.2L, 321hp).

The Ferraris in question read in MPH in large numbers, not in small numbers. I will check for the sticker that you mention to see what shows. As far as warranty, the local Ferrari dealer tells me that for a fee (few thousands) he sends his warranty book back to Italy and gets one back from Italy stating warranty for USA, meaning the owner will have a full US warranty on the car. Of course, I will verify this and get official documentation before I even consider marketing the cars.

One of the things that leads me to believe this is all OK is the fact that this dealer has already sold a vehicle to a person locally who then exported the car to USA where he has a summer home.

Again, many thanks for the replies.

 

Already doing arrangements to get letter from Italy stating that the cars do in fact have US warranty as well as the warranty book stating Ferrari North America.

Tyson: any chance you have any kind of info on the car from Venezuela? I searched eBay and found no listing (even completed ones) that states that the car is in Venezuela. I wish to get in touch with that person to see his experiece and why it did not have a US warranty.

Again, not out to cheat anyone, just doing my due diligence as I want to make sure for myself that the buyer will have no issues at all with these cars. I will not advertise the cars for sale unless I am 1000% sure that all will be OK and it would be as if buying from any US dealer.