Advice on importing a car from Europe...

[gt500nick]

It's a tough one to get definitive answer on telly, vat should be paid as they are second hand cars and over a certain age but the wording is very unclear from hmm. If under 6000 miles I believe they think of it as new, please correct me if I'm mistaken. Also some dealers in Europe like you say have prices stated as 'netto' or don't even mention it. It comes down to you at purchase time making sure they invoice with vat paid and not outstanding.

I've bought a few in Europe now and having someone who speaks good English is hard to find but a real necessity

[Slickhillsy]

Very simple really... I was also concerned over the whole tax paid thing, Remy (F dealer) walked me through the original sales invoice that shows tax paid at initial purchase. This is also a requirement / needs to be shown on import (for obvious reasons) so unless you have that original paper work you may struggle to prove?

Also having a contact with a good grasp of English is also a huge help...

[f1ten]

Good to know
The mrs is german and speaks french also so that is 2 of my target countries covered on language

[FrankAbagnale]

Slickhillsy said:

Very simple really... I was also concerned over the whole tax paid thing, Remy (F dealer) walked me through the original sales invoice that shows tax paid at initial purchase. This is also a requirement / needs to be shown on import (for obvious reasons) so unless you have that original paper work you may struggle to prove?

Also having a contact with a good grasp of English is also a huge help...

Sorry to be a bit of a simpleton.

When you say tax at initial purchase - do you mean when you purchased it in Europe, or when owner 1 purchased it from new?

[TISPKJ]

If the car has been registered within the EU then vat or equivalent will have to of been paid, exactly the same as here.
If it's new then depending on dealer you can leave funds to cover the vat with them and then show them proof of UK registration and vat paid then get your deposit back.
The sticky bit is the 6 month nonsense.