Hi(Ozzie here living in the UK)and coming home next year.
Do any owners have experience from bringing a used(late model) Rangie from the Uk to Australia .Am considering doing it but wanted to hear others views on whether it is worth it or not. I realise that u have to have had the car for 12 months but I can get a good late model sport for less than 30 grand over(pounds) here and the same car seems about 80-90,000 aus over there.Currently the rate is 2-1
Would really appreciate peoples experiences-especially if done recently.
Thanks in advance
Wayne

Haven't done it but isn't the time of ownership 2 years, not 12 months to import it tax free? Then you have the shipping and I think that the speedo has to get converted into km/h as well as maybe the inclusion of some other ADRs?

Hi
Thanks for the reply but no-it is 12 months.As for the speedo, they have both ks and miles so not sure if that is an issue or not
Regards
Wayne

When I moved to Aus in 2002 I (briefly) looked at bringing my Boxster out with me and the regs just made it look far too difficult for little if any gain.

Make sure you fully understand all the taxes and fees you may have to pay as well mods (per BKHK's note) you may have to make to have the car road worthy.

Also note the UK spec cars are different to Aus... i.e. in Aus you don't get S, SE or HSE designations just a base model that you can add some options to. So resale may be an issue for you.

I have seen locally a HSE model, assumed from the UK in a nearby suburb of Sydney North shore, so someone has done it. Like 2nd we looked to bring our TD5 down 4 years ago and gave up because it was just to hard to find out all the duties, requirements etc. Good luck Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Looked into going toOz last year and had some info on the importing of vechicles, but thrown out now

It looked complicated, varied state to state and no matter how long owned their was still taxes to pay 10 to 20 percent if recall correctly.

also type approval regs different and the cost of modifications on top, plus the obivous shipping costs.

Made sense to sell and re buy out there, which even dealers having their take was way cheaper.

Yeah it looks as if Its a no goer.THanks for all the responses.
Regards

Wayne