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350Z was sold locally.. no possible way to import it, legally, or even illegally.

Its really not too easy to "sneak" a whole car through the whole customs process and the many checks that are done. Give up that idea.

350Z was sold locally.. no possible way to import it, legally, or even illegally.  

Its really not too easy to "sneak" a whole car through the whole customs process and the many checks that are done. Give up that idea.

hu ?? there IS a way

find someone to buy it on the cheap over in jap land, or is selling one over there(and owned it for min 12 months) then pay them to come to australia for a little holiday and bring the car with them as a private import

i know several people that have done this on a few cars

no doubt the reason why they might ban personal imports... idiots abusing the system.

Anyhow, even if your little friend comes on a little "holiday" unless they are or becoming a resident I don't see how its possible.

Its shifty, even if it can be done, and that all there is to it.

Visitors, temporary residents, foreign diplomatic personnel, companies and corporations are not eligible to import a vehicle under the personal import scheme.

This scheme allows a vehicle to be imported as a personal import without proof that it meets the ADRs, but the vehicle is expected to provide a level of safety similar to Australian vehicles.

To be eligible for a personal import the following criteria must be satisfied:

the vehicle has been owned and used by the applicant for a continuous period of at least 12 months (3 months where ownership and use of the vehicle commenced before 8 May 2000);

at the time the vehicle is imported, the applicant is:

an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident; or

a person who has applied to become an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident;

the applicant is of an age that entitles him or her to hold a licence or a permit to drive a road vehicle of that type;

the applicant undertakes to comply with any requirements as to road safety that are imposed in respect of the vehicle by the Administrator; and

the applicant has not imported a road vehicle owned by him/her within the year ending on the day on which the vehicle in respect of which the application is made is landed in Australia.

Well I guess if you had a mate who was still an Australian citizen overseas you might be able to ship one over per year. Or I guess you could "apply" to become an australian citizen, and then never go through with it...

akeenan good one...:(

As stated only Australians are allowed personal imports and only after 12 months of ownership with the accompanied documentation to prove.

I see no reason in buying one in Japan, they are still too new and I can tell your not going to save that much...and you've said it yourself "a bit cheaper".

  • 2 weeks later...

I looked into all this with importing a car from the UK. I also corresponded with a couple of people at DOTARS and I second what Predator says. It is virtually impossible to abuse the system but even if you have the option to, its not worth it for it could make it harder in the future for your fellow Japanese car owners revise legislation as a result.

My advice for a legit import, go and live in Japan for over 12 months and then bring the car in that way as from my understanding that is the legal way. Having said that, I am not sure on Aus released cars if that is correct but maybe someone else on here knows.

  • 3 years later...

On the Jspec site, it implys that if a car has been published in a specialist mag like hot4s, that it can be imported.

I want to import a 350z cause all the ones being sold here 2nd hand arnt what I am looking for.

Specialist & Enthusiast Vehicle Scheme (S.E.V.S.)

All vehicles are now judged using the new S.E.V.S.ruling system. There is no easy way to explain this quickly but basically vehicles must meet 2 out of the following 4 criteria:

  • Be significantly different in appearance to vehicles sold new in Australia


  • Have unusual design features to anything sold new locally


  • Performance greater than 105kw/ton
    , or unusually good economy


  • Be featured in specialist publications
    (eg. High performance imports, Zoom, etc.)


Edited by NissanFan

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