Is it worthwhile bringing my Jaguar to Australia?
Asked by John
Is it worth bringing my Jaguar to Australia? The current value is estimated at £10,000 and the mileage is 90,000.
Answered by CarsGuide
15 Jan 2024This will all come down to how much you love that particular car. Because the economics of privately importing and then getting the car legal to drive on the road here probably don't add up.
You'll spend at least a few thousand dollars (and possibly a lot more) to ship the car here, then it needs to be cleared by customs and the import authorities, fumigated, then inspected and any changes carried out. At every stage of this process, somebody will be taking their cut, too, so be prepared to spend plenty. And that's if nobody finds anything wrong with the car that requires big, expensive engineering changes to put right.
Looking at it dispassionately, you'd almost certainly be better off buying the same make and model here. Aside from anything else, an Australia-delivered Jaguar will probably have less rust in it than one that's spent its life on the UK's salted/gritted winter roads. The exception would be if the particular model you want wasn't' sold here or, as we suspect, there's an emotional attachment to that very car. At which point you have no choice but to take the plunge and privately import it.
If that's the way you go, be sure to consult a shipping agency at both ends of the journey who will be able to guide you through the process and help take some of the stress out of it.
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