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How much does it cost to bring a \'vette into OZ?

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pauld:
Guys,

 I have a friend with a 'vette who is emigrating to Australia and he was wondering how much it would cost to get his car into the country. What duty does he have to pay and are there any other costs excluding of couurse the shipping???

Thanks Paul.

jdunne:
paul,the age of it matters as does where in AUS it is going to as well as value,you can be hit for import duty as well as gst at 10% on that....once here it is relatively easy to register depending on which state it is in.....john;35

59er:
Paul,

JDunne is correct about the age being a factor.

Unlike the UK, In Australia, If a car is less than 30 years old then it will need to be Right Hand Drive if your freind wishes to have his car fully licenced.

Conversion costs are significant so this is of course one major factor.

Age also determines the amount of duty as the older cars attract minimal duty but the late cars attract the maximum duty.

The 10% Goods and services tax applies to all cars and even the freight cost is included in this calculation.

If the car is valued by the Aussie Customs at higher than $55k AUD then it will also attract a "luxury car" tax.

Other ancilliary costs are minimal.

So let us know what year model it is and we should be able to give a more accurate estimate.

Mark.

Brutus:
And all this before you factor freight costs into the equation.  It almost gets to the stage where it would be cheaper to sell the car before hand and buy another when he gets over here.

pauld:
His car is a 1972 so maybe he wont have to get it converted to right hand drive. But the other costs sure do sound like they can mount up, maybe he would be better to sell and then get another once over there.
 Thanks guys for all your help.

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