Dealer with Toyota UK Import

copper04

My local garage (Previously Toyota dealership) has a number of 2009 Toyota Avensis and Auris cars which they have imported from the UK and registered here. By the way they are no longer Toyota main dealers having gone bust last year. I notice the speedo shows primarly MPH with KMS in smaller lettering.
Is there any major disadvantage in buying one of these as regards trade in a few years or other hidden disadvantages I have missed. I think I read somewhere that all imports have to have an NCT regardless of the cars age.
Any comments on the validity of the three year Toyota warrenty, is it valid here if the car was originally registered in the UK. ??
Any info would be appreciated as I am interested in one of the cars.
Thank You

Berty

Those cars may not have the "Toyota Rough Road Pack" which is a different suspension setting set up for Irish roads.

The MPH can be a bit of a gripe for certain buyers not for me personally but it still exists.

The cars have European wide warranty although what is strange is:

If you bought the car from the UK and had a warranty recall and brought it to THAT Toyota dealer. They might be a bit p*ssy about working on it because they feel you are stealing from the Irish Motoring Industry. Rather ironic really.

colm_mcm

the Avensis won't have the rough road pack, but AFAIK the Auris suspension is the same regardless.

Re: warranty work, I think there are hoops to jump through with Toyota GB to be paid for the work, which is what puts dealers off.

copper04

Thanks guys for that info, I had no idea about the suspension bit.
I am kind interested in the 2009 Auris D4D and at least now I will be able
to seem a bit more in the know when I talk to the salesman.
Its a funny old world out there, I saw a used 2010 Auris on Saturday in a VW dealership and they wanted €1000 more than what a main Toyota dealer would sell me a brand new car for. In fact the Toyota dealers model is the very latest even if it only involves minor cosmetic changes. I still wonder what the VW garage was playing at as even if the car had only had 4500km on the clock it was still traded in and secondhand.

Berty

Have you considered driving up the North to get the Auris yourself. Heck if your going to have a UK import you may as well save money and buy it yourself.