This is true... but if you owned the car for its entire life or you do a thorough VIN search, you can determine its history. I've shopped for cars here and run VIN checks in the US. Most all had salvage titles from the US and or the odometers rolled back. Many were purchased at action as total wrecks. Some, I was able to see the car in its totaled state. I have owned the car that I am trying to import for 10 years, and am sure of its history.YaTingPom wrote:Any imported car could have questionable history.
2017 Car Import Tax Table
Thats got to be the reason...thanks.YaTingPom wrote:Because the Japanese drive on the same side as the UK...steelyRon wrote:AE86 wrote:^^The only distinctions between vehicles that I know of are "regular" and "luxury", which attract (as of last year) a 20% higher tax rate. I don't know what "luxury" means though as I've seen cars that seem luxurious not be hit with the tax, and more utility like vehicles get hit.
In Japan cars are ridiculously cheap as well. My old neighbour had a twin turbo FD RX7 for sale for 190000 yen (about $1500), nothing wrong with it, and it didn't sell after a year. So he registered it again and kept driving it.YaTingPom wrote:I know many expats (mainly Germans, Frogs, Brits and Irish) that don't buy a car because they are eye wateringly expensive.
If you want expensive, go to Singapore. Bloodly Volvos are nearly $200k!
That's because cars in Australia are stupidly priced too. I saw a nice Alfa Romeo (mid range model, forgot exactly which) last year? and asked the owner how much, he replied "Ay-dee grand". I honestly thought he meant "18,000" and missed the "n" with his accent, until of course I discovered a new Alfa's price tag was 6 figures...YaTingPom wrote:Strangely Australians don't seem to be bothered by it.
It seems that most of the Japanese cars that I have looked at here came from the US. Why are there not more cars being imported from Japan? Less shipping and good supply....
Apart from this technicality (it's not very hard for a driver to get used to driving on the other side), is there a legal obligation to have the steering wheel on the left ? I know there are indeed great deals with elder cars (with a potential low import tax due to age) in japan, so if you don't mind a steering wheel on the "wrong' side could you import and drive one in Cambodia ?Because the Japanese drive on the same side as the UK...
Thats got to be the reason...thanks.
As of now, yes.logos wrote:is there a legal obligation to have the steering wheel on the left ?
I drive a right hand drive JDM car over here since it was imported before the rule took effect, but it's now illegal to import right hand drive cars.
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Plus, who's going to import RHD cars as a business. (That's a rhetorical question)AE86 wrote:As of now, yes.logos wrote:is there a legal obligation to have the steering wheel on the left ?
I drive a right hand drive JDM car over here since it was imported before the rule took effect, but it's now illegal to import right hand drive cars.
(JDM - means Japanese Domestic Market)
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I've toyed with the idea of bringing some Japanese cars over. Smaller petrol engines (our Mitsubishi is a "big" 1.3), better quality cars, cheaper cars, lower tax (from engine size) etc, and then converting them over to left drive. Financially it could work on paper (I've done the maths), the main problem is convincing Khmer that they don't want a U.S. made Camry instead of a Japanese made Toyota Mark II or Crown.
In other words, never going to work.
In other words, never going to work.
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This paper is for "tourists cars" also known as minibus small vans such as a Starex not for regular cars. Also it's not an official document.
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My CRV ID card has "Tourist vehicle" written on it so it is for normal cars. Why would they have a table just for minibus and small vans!jackrossi wrote:This paper is for "tourists cars" also known as minibus small vans such as a stared not for regular cars. Also it's not an official document.
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I agree that it is not official. Maybe it is a work in progress, but all past versions that I have are in khmer. The numbers on it seem to be accurate if you look at how past years have been rated.jackrossi wrote:This paper is for "tourists cars" also known as minibus small vans such as a stared not for regular cars. Also it's not an official document.
I still do appreciate your sharing of this table, just I don't believe that most common cars are imported as tourists vehicles, when I am back in the country I will check my reg.cards.
as the law goes tourist cars are in a different import duty category under the harmonized customs codes.
as the law goes tourist cars are in a different import duty category under the harmonized customs codes.
If anyone knows or hears about the release of a 2017 Import Tax Table, this would be a good place to post it.
All the 2012-15 tables I have have 'Tourist Vehicle' in the description. Do you mind posting the 2016 chart Ron?
I'd think long and hard about that BDS, if you're near 45k to import a 3 year old CRV/RAV, why not just buy a new Fortuner for 62k from the dealership here with all the perks instead, and save the hassle. Car rentals are cheap in the States, easy to find weekly rentals for 100-200$ depending on vehicle type.steelyRon wrote:Using the 2016 table, the import tax would be ( 18,600*137.6%=$25,593 ). Plus shipping from west coast ( 2,000 ), port Fees ( 1000 ), import agent ( 1000 ), Insurance ( 400 )...around 30,000..Barang_doa_slae wrote:I imported a car from USA in 2009 and ended paying way less import tax than I expected from the table showed, maybe I got it wrong but I rather think a lesser known japanese brand with big output engine confused them.
We plan on visiting inlaws in LA next new year and I was considering buying a recent second hand CRV (or similar) to drive it a few weeks over there before putting it in a container toward here.
What taxes I am looking at? Let say I pick up a 2014 2.4l model.
Aside from taxation issues what would be the pro and cons?
If you were able to use the 2017 Tax Chart, you could save around $2,000.
The pros is you could likely get an honest car that had not been totaled, stolen, flooded, heavily damaged or its odometer rolled back. The cons is the hassle of working out the details and the heavy cost.
Because U.S./Canadian or Japanese manufactured vehicles are vastly superior in quality for the most part, compared to those from Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia.Raybull wrote: I'd think long and hard about that BDS, if you're near 45k to import a 3 year old CRV/RAV, why not just buy a new Fortuner for 62k from the dealership here with all the perks instead, and save the hassle.
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