importing car from states/japan

[always_me]

just wanted to know if anyone had any information about importing a ferrari from japan/states, a few guys here in sydney have done it and got them or a bargain price, 355 berlinetta sold for 80k delivered to sydney. and a 348tb sold for 60 delivered, i just wanna know how its possible and if its allowed to import ferraris from japan.

[lwells]

The same rules apply to Ferrari's as to any other car. If its pre-1989, you can use the old system (ie. it only needs to meet the basic ADR requirements), but if its newer, it has to come in under SEVS (with all that entails: can't have been sold here, must be stock, etc).

More generally, be aware that those "bargin" Ferrari's may quickly become less of a bargain if they require LHD --> RHD conversion. To get it done professionally (and properly) costs an absolute mint given the rarety of the cars involved, and the fact that its a Ferrari (and Ferrari mechanics/engineers aren't exactly in abundance).

LW.

[NXTIME]

As Lucien said, all of the Ferrari's from the States or Japan will be LHD and the conversion costs will far outweigh any benefit from importing. Also, I doubt that you could import any car that is available locally and under 15 years old, unless it is a personal import. If you were able to import one, I would be looking at one from the UK, that way you don't need to convert it to RHD.

Why don't you ask these guys who have already done it. When you find out, please let me know. I would love to import a Ferrari at a much cheaper price. mmm F355

I do know a couple of companies who do this with 15 year old Porsches, but they are much more common and LHD-->RHD conversions are much easier and cheaper.

[funkymonkey]

we mainly import ferrari's from the UK as they're already RHD, there's quite a few of them and at very good prices. Japanese ferrari's are usually LHD because they like that authentic "Euro feel" of LHD cars.

here's one that's currently on the mailing list... might wanna check it out as a guide.

http://www.j-spec.com.au/list/index.php?ID=2047