US Car Imports

Magunn

US Car ImportsI have a contact living Stateside and he confirms that he can order fully loaded RH drive motors, e.g BMW. The dealer simply needs to be given plenty of notice, i.e. to get in RH drive car. A €120k car here can be got in the US for circa $50k, a massive saving. A contact here has recently purchased a Dodge Ram jeep with crew cab from a dealer in Ireland. The dealer in Ireland imported the jeep via Italy, as there is a mechanism for avoiding VRT by bringing it in via Italy. I am trying to find out how the VRT can be avoided by bringing a vehicle in via Italy (as the Irish dealer did with the jeep). Even with transport costs etc., it appears that there could be massive savings. ANY IDEA'S???

bikki

Cant c how's he's avoiding the VRT. Think someones telling u porkys

frag4

I read once that an American bmw dealer cannot buy a right hand drive beemer. Its like that regional thing with dvds.
As for that italian thing .......:cool:

galwaytt

with a 997 running here about Eur 145k (iirc), and in Atlanta, GA, only Eur 60,000, I'd have done it years ago if it was that easy.........

Barname

obviously you cant afford to buy it here so why do you want to drive one here?

your pertinent questions reveal the real issues you should be devoting your energies towards...

best of luck and take care of yourself, there are more important things in life than showboating in a 7 series

(VRT cannot be avoided by a resident of Ireland - fact)

Berty

My Colleague bought a BMW X5 from a Florida dealership. He has a Florida home so could put it through using his address.

He paid the money and collected the RHD from Germany at US prices. He paid his VRT on arrival into Ireland and still managed to save himself €26,000.

Magunn

Getting a bargain is the issue, not show boating. Buying a new car in Ireland should not cost as much as they do, simple as that. This VRT thing is unjust. Look at prices elsewhere.

At least the responses have proven that to buy a RH drive in America can save money.

Thanks for the replies. It appears that the Italy thing (VRT avoidance) must be bull.

Magunn

Barname wrote: »

obviously you cant afford to buy it here so why do you want to drive one here?

your pertinent questions reveal the real issues you should be devoting your energies towards...

best of luck and take care of yourself, there are more important things in life than showboating in a 7 series

(VRT cannot be avoided by a resident of Ireland - fact)

Heavy stuff. I get some of your points, but to be fair I think you should not be worrying about me and my ability to afford things. That was not the point of my question.

cancan

quirke_folder wrote: »

My Colleague bought a BMW X5 from a Florida dealership. He has a Florida home so could put it through using his address.

He paid the money and collected the RHD from Germany at US prices. He paid his VRT on arrival into Ireland and still managed to save himself €26,000.

How did he manage to convince the VRT boys that the car was in his posession for six months?

Also, would the temp german plates and RHD have been a bit of a giveaway?

He would not have been able to get US plates for that car.

Either he's a spoofer, or he did some serious law breaking to pull that off.

Also, I have never heard of a us dealer sourcing RHD cars, and plenty have tried.

L1011

cancan wrote: »

How did he manage to convince the VRT boys that the car was in his posession for six months?

Also, would the temp german plates and RHD have been a bit of a giveaway?

He would not have been able to get US plates for that car.

Either he's a spoofer, or he did some serious law breaking to pull that off.

Also, I have never heard of a us dealer sourcing RHD cars, and plenty have tried.

He said he paid VRT!

cancan

Since the point of sale was the us, it would have been liable for VAT as well, if it did occur.
Not saying it didn't happen - just that it seems extremely unlikely without falsifying documentation.

L1011

VAT would presumably have been required in Germany in that case? 19%, so minorly lower than here.

Magunn

cancan wrote: »

How did he manage to convince the VRT boys that the car was in his posession for six months?

Also, would the temp german plates and RHD have been a bit of a giveaway?

He would not have been able to get US plates for that car.

Either he's a spoofer, or he did some serious law breaking to pull that off.

Also, I have never heard of a us dealer sourcing RHD cars, and plenty have tried.

It could be that he paid for the Car, did not pick it up for six months and then imported it. Sounds unlikely I know.

Matt Simis

Barname wrote: »

obviously you cant afford to buy it here so why do you want to drive one here?

your pertinent questions reveal the real issues you should be devoting your energies towards...

best of luck and take care of yourself, there are more important things in life than showboating in a 7 series

(VRT cannot be avoided by a resident of Ireland - fact)

What possessed you to come along and post that? Full of heady words but no punctuation and poor grammar and a life lesson (wrapped in passive aggressive well wishing) to a complete stranger to boot.
Many products pricing here has no bearing on actual value and generally are at odds with the rest of the world, which have no bearing on "owning" said product.

VRT can be "avoided" by a resident under certain specific circumstances (not that they are covered in this thread) as detailed on the Revenue VRT page.. smartass.