Car import

[PaphosAL]

Were I to come over for good, would I be able to to bring my darling little Vauxhall Corsa with me? She is Oct 2004, bought brand new, has full service and MOT history, with only 45,000 miles on the clock. It's A/C is still 100% functioning, so it would make a great little car to get around in over there!

Thanks for any advice on this- AL

[holitec]

Al, you do not need a purchase receipt, just the registration document.

You will have to pay excise duty - a handy calculator is available on the customs web site.

You will need a clearing agent, I use 5 continents shipping. If you use the ro-ro service, I think Andrews shipping in London are the agents for this - just drop the vehicle at Southampton, and pick it up a couple of weeks later in Limassol. Expect to be at the customs in the port for a while though. If you use a container, it is easier as you just arrive at the unloading terminal and drive the car away, and leave your agent to sort out the paperwork.

Once you have the T2L, you then meet customs in Paphos with your agent, who check the chassis number etc and work out the duty.

Then you get a Cyprus MOT. Then with all the paperwork and receipts you then go to Road Transport in Paphos and register the vehicle - that probably will take 1-2 hours. I think the registration fee is now a flat rate, which has changed since I imported a vehicle before.

HTH

Digby

[exodus]

We budgeted for €600 to bring our oldish car over from Tel Aviv and register it here. In fact it cost €650.
I guess from UK, being much further away, you should allow for at least €1K.
I understand 14 year old small cars in UK are about a third of the price they are here, so probably worth it.
At least you will have a car you know.
Amos.

[trevnhil]

Do make inquiries (on here maybe) about the availability of Vauxhall spare parts in this area...

[boycott]

Spare parts for Vauxhall Corsa's not an issue in Cyprus, readily available should the need arise.

[WHL]

Andrews Shipping are great ive used them many times, they are based in Brimsdown N London, so a thirty min drive for you, drop it off and they will do everything, dont what ever you do leave stuff in the car, the ship workers will nick any thing they see in the car, I left an old plastic fuel carrier and that went along with a warning triangle, the only problem I think you might have is, they calculate the road tax on the emission readings they do when you go to register it, and being an older car they might be on the high side.

[J B]

You will have to pay excise duty - a handy calculator is available on the customs web site.

http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/customs/custo ... enDocument

We drove our car to Bristol and arranged the shipping ourselves with Andrews, then used ANW to assist with all the paperwork in CY

[exodus]

Spare parts for Vauxhall Corsa's not an issue in Cyprus, readily available should the need arise.

But are much more expensive here than in UK! Worth bringing out useable such as a timing belt, brake pads, filters, etc.
Just put them in the car boot before you ship it; make sure they are on the manifest.
Amos.

[WHL]

Spare parts for Vauxhall Corsa's not an issue in Cyprus, readily available should the need arise.

But are much more expensive here than in UK! Worth bringing out useable such as a timing belt, brake pads, filters, etc.
Just put them in the car boot before you ship it; make sure they are on the manifest.
Amos.

They will steal anything left in the car, Andrews shippers will advice you not to leave anything in car...all the parts you have mentioned are available here, and are not that expensive.

[Uncle D]

Or just have the servicing done prior to departure

[Uncle D]

Spare parts for Vauxhall Corsa's not an issue in Cyprus, readily available should the need arise.

But are much more expensive here than in UK! Worth bringing out useable such as a timing belt, brake pads, filters, etc.
Just put them in the car boot before you ship it; make sure they are on the manifest.
Amos.

They will steal anything left in the car, Andrews shippers will advice you not to leave anything in car...all the parts you have mentioned are available here, and are not that expensive.

If thats the case, you can bring most smaller, lighter parts over in a suitcase.

[WHL]

But are much more expensive here than in UK! Worth bringing out useable such as a timing belt, brake pads, filters, etc.
Just put them in the car boot before you ship it; make sure they are on the manifest.
Amos.

They will steal anything left in the car, Andrews shippers will advice you not to leave anything in car...all the parts you have mentioned are available here, and are not that expensive.

If thats the case, you can bring most smaller, lighter parts over in a suitcase.

Fan belts/brake pads? your not talking major money here?

[PaphosAL]

Thanks for all the hints 'n tips, guys! Vauxhall Corsas have always been built by GM in Spain. These are for the UK market only. But the same production line builds Opel Corsas (cars and vans) for export all over the world, including Cyprus.

It's a simple re-badging exercise, but all of the underlying parts are basically identical. GM have a similar strategy in place at their IBC Van plant near Luton Airport. Vauxhall Vivaro vans come down the same production line as their Renault and Nissan counterparts. Just a simple cosmetic badging job, but all three makes share common parts!

Cheers- AL

[PaphosAL]

OMG, that's rather worrying info, Lloyd... Would a 20 ft container be a better idea, do you think?

AL

[J B]

We left nothing in our car and it arrived in tact with Radio and Spare Wheel etc still in there.

Our friends sent over an Audi and filled it with Bedding and (dare I say) a car cover, which were all missing on arrival!

[bromerzz]

I imported a car in September from UK and the warning triangle and First aid kit were knocked.

[Boxsterann]

We imported a car with our furniture etc in a container although was 13 years ago. Container was delivered to Paphos where we met with customs officer who opened container checked car and gave us some paperwork to enable us to drive on roads and proceed to get it registered. It was all straight forward and quite easy. Good luck.

[WHL]

OMG, that's rather worrying info, Lloyd... Would a 20 ft container be a better idea, do you think?

AL

Much better idea, cost more but you can fill it to the rafters and nothing will get pinched

[angieb]

I shipped over a car about 7 years ago from Southampton, filled it with microwave, iron, kettle, hairdryer, DVD player, and other miscellaneous items. It arrived empty at the other end, other than a bag of clothes that had been opened and rummaged through. Lesson learned.

[Uncle D]

The only downside to Ro-Ro could mean several all over power washes as the car may be coated in sea salt.