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well i'm currently living in the uk and thinking about briging a car back to Aus when i eventually come home as a personal import.

I can pick up an 04 - 05 mazda rx8 over here for about $3000aud, I know i'll need to have owned it for 12 months before being able to apply to bring it back, but what would rough prices be for shipping, duty's, application fee's etc..?

and yes ive searched already, can't find any threads on the matter that arn't rediculously outdated.

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...when I eventually come home as a personal import.

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Don't you just have to walk through customs? jk

And if you're bringing a car back to Oz, have you researched how much the RX8s of 2004 are worth here? If your budget can be stretched, can Middlehurst Nissan at St Helens source a rare BNR34 for you to bring back? Or through the net? For instance a M-Spec Nur can attract $85K plus over here.

Iron Lady Imports can advise you on bringing your car back from England - aka Iron Chef here. Top Secret Imports here in Oz can also help you.

Hope this helps...

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I have been importing cars to Australia professionally for more than 15 years and currently specialise in Personal Imports just like this with more experience at this process than anyone else in the world, so I can easily help you with all of the information you need as well as actually being able to help with the process when the time comes. The costs you will be looking at are likely to change a little between now and 12-18 months time but I can give you a ballpark idea of costs now, then you can get in touch closer to the time to go over costs again at the rates relevant then.

First up is the Australian Vehicle Import Approval fee which is currently $50, then once you have that shipping from the port in the UK (usually Southampton but others are possible) to Australia. Most ports excluding Adelaide should cost around GBP £700 to £900 for the freight and export customs. Once it lands here in Australia you are up for around $1500 in import customs clearance, Quarantine fees, port fees and various other minor costs all rolled into one. Import duty will be 5% and GST at 10% but as you will have owned the car for more than a year it will be based on an approved customs valuation upon arrival in Australia, this will not be the Australian market value or the UK value but somewhere in between. This valuation is something that I would arrange at the lowest reasonable rate as part of my service, and at the current valuation you should expect import duty and GST to be around $540 all up and this should drop a little over the next 12-18 months.

The next stages are for compliance/engineer certificate and other applicable requirements depending on which state you are taking the car into, but assuming QLD as an example then it might be somewhere around $600 for compliance/engineer, $130 for roadworthy certificate, $620 for registration costs and around $215 for stamp duty. These requirements and costs vary between states but I can advise costs and assist with the process the same in all states.

Hopefully this helps you understand what is involved. If you want to know any more then please feel free to message me on here or call/text message me on 0414 502 250

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cheers for the help guys, while not cheap it does seem worthwhile if i find the right car to bring back.

the car will be going to melbourne so i'll definintely get in contact with you kakimoto33 when the time eventually comes

as much as i would love to bring a gtr back they're way out of my price range at the moment, and whatever i do get will be a daily for the next year or 2 so the compulsory insurance price on an international license would be rediculous as well, if possible at all :(

having a look around at cars there seems to be a massive price difference between the uk and aus on s2000's aswell i have found, so might have a look at a few of those as well :)

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