Cheap European or American luxury cars from Japanese car auctions

Japanese auto makers such as Toyota, Nissan,seriously for a car. You can use this free car
Honda and Subaru are known world wide forsearch tool ( to contact several dealers at once
producing high quality, efficient and durable cars.to save you the hassle of filling out loads of
Car auctions in Japan give you the chance to buyforms on different websites.
and export a used Japanese brand car to yourAuction and exporting processGenerally you can
country, usually with big savings on similar pricedeither buy directly from the dealers stock of cars
cars you can find in your local dealership.(which they make have from spotting a bargin at
But Japanese drivers also love foreign brands suchauction and bought for later resale) or request
as Audi, Bentley, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedezthey look for something for you at auctions.
Benz, Porsche, Volvo and Volkswagon. It's possibleYou can have a very specific or very general
to find these luxury cars very cheaply atrequest and the dealer will try to find something
Japanese car auctions and you can certainly makeand send you deatils of the cars. All the major car
a very good saving on buying and exporting fromauctions are online and dealers have access to
Japan.national daily auctions giving a choice of upto
Japanese drivers take care of their vehicles and40,000 cars a day!Once you get the car details
because of rigorous safety inspections, taxes andyou can decide to bid or not, send a maximum
other fees it is more cost effective for aprice you want to bid and sit back and wait for
Japanese driver to change their car to a newerthe result!The dealer will try to get the lowest
model regularly. This means a large pool of wellprice for you so you don't pay more than you
maintained used cars for sale and export.have to.
The auction and export processYour first step toOnce you have won a car then you also have to
finding a cheap luxury car is to find a reputableconsider paying for paperwork fees,
dealer. Second hand car dealers don't have thetransportation, shipping, insurance and customs
most solid of reputations to begin with and thereimport taxes when the car arrives in your
are cases of foreign buyers being ripped off bycountry.
dodgey dealers, but these are definately in theLocal auto regulation complianceYou also have to
minority.make sure the car complies with all local auto
First, check out the dealers website and see ifregulations. Some dealers may help you with this
they have full contact and bank information andespecially if they are in your own country, but
are members of the JUMVEA which is theothers will probably not give much help. Therefore
Japanese government sanctioned trade body forbefore you buy make sure you know what you
foreign car exporters. Membership means thatwill have to do to make the car legal in your own
members have to abide by a code of bestcountry.
practice.If you're buying a European brand then these are
Also, make sure that the company is registeredless likely to be an issue as cars made for Europe
with the local government - they should display aand re-imported from Japan are the same models
government trade license number.so it's likely that the manufacturer already has
Second, test communication with the dealer byapproval for that car in your country.
either sending an email or calling (many dealersSummaryJapanese used car auctions are a great
have Skype or similar so you can do it for free).source of both Japanese and European/America
In your initial emails look out for quality of English,brand quality used cars. You can get a great deal
timely response and level of details in the answer.for a little research and shopping around, and
Unanswered or evasive answers and poor qualityalthough it's not the quickest or easiest way to
English may lead to misunderstandings later on.buy a new car, it's certainly a lot of fun and can
Once you have contacted several dealers andbe much cheaper than buying in your own
filtered some out you can start to browsecountry.