davcohen
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anyone have any idea on the costs of bring a vehicle over from the states or more specifically Houston, Texas to England.
most importantly i guess would be taxes and what would need to be done to get a log book, im under the assumption that as soon as it enters the country it would need an MOT and possibly tax?
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Ludacris Turbo
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Here's a bit of info http://www.topgear.com/content/buyersguides/08/1.html
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There is a shop in Heathrow which does American imports, can't remember the name of it though.
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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off the top of my head you pay 10% tax on the cost of buying the car and shipping fees then 17.5% VAT on top of that. You then have to pay for an SVA, pay for the registration MOT and tax.
Although if its a pick up truck rather than a car you pay 22% tax on the buying cost and shipping fee's, although the VAT is reclaimable.
Something like that anyway, depending on what your after its sometime most cost effective to buy something over here that has already been done.
Have a look at www.newport-imports.com for idea's.
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davcohen
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thanks for the links guys, i wanted to know as my aunt has a dealership in texas and they buy cars for like half of what they sell for here.
with the exchange rate being the way it is i thought i would bring a couple of hummer H2's and escalades over and make a quick buck
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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great idea if you have the capital, best sellers in the UK are the latest double cab F150 Harley Davidsons, bloke i know makes around £14k on every one he sells
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davcohen
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quote:
Originally posted by 1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
great idea if you have the capital, best sellers in the UK are the latest double cab F150 Harley Davidsons, bloke i know makes around £14k on every one he sells
really id like to know more lol, is he bringing brand new ones in or low mileage ones. can get a massive variety of cars well infact every make and model just need to get them in legally obviously and find some buyers
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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he's doing brand new ones mate, if you need to know more drop me a u2u mate
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