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your way through Uni so that I can buy one. 
Stu,
I imported my HSV Y II series Clubsport from Oz last november. If you own the car for greater than 6 months and can prove residency in country of origin for greater than 12 months prior to shipping to UK, then it is classified as a personal import and no VAT, import duties, etc apply. Only costs are shipping - about 1000 gbp, prep for SVA - about 100 gbp then SVA test and registration - about 500 gbp all up. Only restiction after import, is that you cannot sell the car for 12 months after import or VAT and duties will have to be paid.
So, I'll be interested in a trade up to the new E series Clubsport post november, could you pls beat the necessary heads into importing them soon 
I imported my HSV Y II series Clubsport from Oz last november. If you own the car for greater than 6 months and can prove residency in country of origin for greater than 12 months prior to shipping to UK, then it is classified as a personal import and no VAT, import duties, etc apply. Only costs are shipping - about 1000 gbp, prep for SVA - about 100 gbp then SVA test and registration - about 500 gbp all up. Only restiction after import, is that you cannot sell the car for 12 months after import or VAT and duties will have to be paid.
So, I'll be interested in a trade up to the new E series Clubsport post november, could you pls beat the necessary heads into importing them soon Edited by hsv_rulz on Thursday 24th August 20:10
If you bring one in yourself, it isn't quite the bargain it might seem, unless you can claim personal import.
Going to be about £1500 for shipping in a container, then import duty on the combined total of the invoice value of the vehicle and cost of shipping. Import duty is 10% on a car, 22% on a commercial - ie a ute!
Once you have been fleeced for duty, Gordon adds a further 17.5% VAT on to the combined total of the previous figure.
Ie
Ute (Maloo), lets say: £22,000
Shipping: £1500
Duty on above (22%) £5170
Total of above: £28670
Vat on total: £5017
Total bill is: £33687
So the taxman takes a total of £10187 for the privelege of allowing you to import your ute. And you still have SVA to deal with. Also port handling charges are good - ive no idea how they work them out, random number generator i think!
Going to be about £1500 for shipping in a container, then import duty on the combined total of the invoice value of the vehicle and cost of shipping. Import duty is 10% on a car, 22% on a commercial - ie a ute!
Once you have been fleeced for duty, Gordon adds a further 17.5% VAT on to the combined total of the previous figure.
Ie
Ute (Maloo), lets say: £22,000
Shipping: £1500
Duty on above (22%) £5170
Total of above: £28670
Vat on total: £5017
Total bill is: £33687
So the taxman takes a total of £10187 for the privelege of allowing you to import your ute. And you still have SVA to deal with. Also port handling charges are good - ive no idea how they work them out, random number generator i think!
Autocar, pages 14 & 15. Red E-Series GTS.
I'm still not sure if I really like it. It does look a bit Focus ST/Astra VXR ish. Probably will look better in real life though. Imo it isn't in the same league as the Ian Callum penned VT & VX.
Having said that, I'd still consider buying one as I love fast saloons & the German ones are always going to be a bit too civilised & sterile for me in comparison with an HSV, which are stil real muscle cars.
I'm still not sure if I really like it. It does look a bit Focus ST/Astra VXR ish. Probably will look better in real life though. Imo it isn't in the same league as the Ian Callum penned VT & VX.
Having said that, I'd still consider buying one as I love fast saloons & the German ones are always going to be a bit too civilised & sterile for me in comparison with an HSV, which are stil real muscle cars.
Twin Turbo said:
Yep, good to see Autocar giving it coverage. They're still claiming it'll be called the Monaro VXR over here though. To me, they should keep the Monaro nametag for the next coupe (it appears it will happen, afterall, but not until the wagons and utes have made production).
I've posted this before, yes there will be a VE Coupe, prob late '07 or '08, I have seen it in clay mockup @ Holden.
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