local car dealer!!

[rickybouy]

Thought you maybe interested at some of the cars in my local dealer...

http://www.alainclass.com/gallery.php


and the one i have my eye on

http://www.alainclass.com/gallerys.php?gal_id=514

i plan to return to uk early next year and if i purchase now i can bring back with me and avoid import tax!

i'll keep you all posted, what's overall thoughts of a left hander in UK use???

Cheers Rick

[traxx]

Where in Dubai is that showroom?
Might have to go visit it sometime

[Sharief]

Alain Class Motors GmbH
DUBAIS Strasse 1254
AE-01712 Dubai

[yellowtr]

mike360 said:

Will u be on squiqly plates in the UK, how come u will avoid import tax

If you have owned a car for 2yrs (it might be 1yr actually) and lived abroad and the car is your personal car then, you can bring it over and not pay import tax-but you cannot sell the car for a year. With regards to the plates, from a legal point of view you do have to get the car UK registered. If you don't its up to you, but if the BiB find out that you are a UK resident and you haven't bothered to register it, expect a nice spanking from a Magistrate after the DVLC informs them. BiB are cutting down on "foreign plated cars" especially in London.

[andy355]

i think ive seen some of the worst driving ever in dubai. Once i was in a taxi when a guy in a jap 4x4 slowed down to about 50, presumably on cruise control, whilst he climbed into the back to get something!

i cant imagine driving anything apart from something big and sturdy there, but you do see lots of nice cars around

[Chipchap]

The duty is only 10%, I believe that you will still need to pay VAT though ! at currently 17.5%.

You need to look carefully at the cost of the car ex Dubai+shipping+vat+SVA or similar [cert of compliance will get you MOT no sva needed]

Contact Maserati and be sure that you can get a C of C for this car or it will mean a full blown SVA at c£4k !!

Then theres the LHD vs RHD debate on resale. Overall I would say that the car needs to be around £20k behind UK price leaving Dubai for it to be a worthwhile exercise.

Cheers

CC

Edited by Chipchap on Tuesday 22 April 10:06

[rickybouy]

Thanks ChipChap,

I believe there is no V.A.T or import tax as long as the car has been in my ownership for 6 months

"You will need to pay 17.5% tax and customs duty of 10% unless you have owned the car for more than 6 months (and can prove it) and if you are intending keeping it for your own use for at least a year after entering the country."

so that is the important bit i will speak to my accountant to confirm this as there are lots of conflicting articles on the web.

the car will be kept and used as a weekend onlyfor weekend only and am not set on said car, just weighing up what too bring back with me, maybe a lambo, resale i'm not to bothered abut as i intend to keep it. Not doing it for a profit, it's more about using a left hander in UK i.e overtaking etc i can imagine being a nightmare.

Trax: they have two showrooms 1 in dubai and there main is in al ain it's around an hour drive, next time your over i'll drive you out there, very nice drive!!! and we could prob get there alot quicker no cameras!!!!

I think overall i would want the car on UK plates dubai / Saudi plates are all the rage in london i know but if your a rich arab you probably have a stronger case than a stockport lad!!

Cheers Rick

[yellowtr]

LHD is a piece of wee..easy. I have daily driven LHD for 7yrs now all over the UK and heavily in London. Only time its a pain are parking barriers and if you get to close behind a bus and it stops apart from that you will be fine.

As mentioned an SVA may well be required for a non-eu car-even though it has been made in Italy, its not to "EU" spec. Odd but true.