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Given we all buy from the same places, the costs are all going to be the same regardless of who you use - the only difference would be in the cost of the broker's fees. High $40Ks is the right sort of money for one, landed and complied.

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then you have to get it complied/ navi /radio done. set aside $60k and that would get the car and everything else done to suit.

I'm starting to do CKV36's now on a regular basis.

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Given we all buy from the same places, the costs are all going to be the same regardless of who you use - the only difference would be in the cost of the broker's fees. High $40Ks is the right sort of money for one, landed and complied.

exactly. these days there would be at most about $1000 between the most expensive importer and the cheapest.

car costs the same no matter who you use to buy it for you.

FOB costs will vary depending on how the car is bought and who buys it from as low as 80,000JPY up as much as 180,000JPY

Freight costs the same no matter who does it for you

Customs costs are the same no matter who does it for you

taxes are the same no matter who does it for you

broker fees vary from about $900 up to $2000 (but be aware some will do more for you than others and some will have better contacts, eg save you money on compliance if they have a deal with someone)

Compliance can vary a little. this is one benefit of a broker if they have an arrangement with someone they can get you cheap compliance, depends on the model of car though and how many people are complying them. obviously the fewer people complying that model the more it's going to cost. supply vs demand.

blue slips cost the same and registration costs are the same

so the only real variables will be FOB costs, Broker fee, Compliance. and of course even with a broker you are free to have the car complied wherever you want so that's not necessarily a differentiation point between agents.

My advice. For a relatively new model like the V36 that is not already here in huge numbers I would always import one. A few reasons why:

because there are not many here if you buy local there is not much choice in spec, colour etc.

because there are not many here prices are higher due to less competition for sales.

Being quite an expensive car (in import terms) there is a fair bit of scope for dealers to add decent margins to the price (including buying lesser quality cars, then tarting them up and parading them as a high quality car. big profit that way).

So yeah, for a V36 I would say import one for sure. You will save some money and you will be able to choose from a bigger pool of cars. Just make sure you get a broker who can guide you right through the process. There are some good ones around. Being a very competitive industry with very small margins these days most of the bad ones are gone and those that are left are dedicated to buying good cars for people.

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