shipping

hi im thinking of buying a lotus in the future and taking it back to australia , does anyone know what it costs to ship a car or maybe 2 cars to OZ . container sizes , taxes anything and everything

thanks

Can't help on the shipping but there are some other things you need to be aware of. If you are from Oz you will probably already know but if not hold onto your hat.

Importing cars in to Oz is hard work unless the cars is built before January 1989. But the car has to be original. Even then there are still a number of hoops to go throughnot least that not all ports will accept old cars into port!

There are other schemes for personal import, Retuning expat Ozzies or for first time settlers when taxation rules are relaxed but lots of other regulations about ADRs, Austrailian Design Rules that the car might have to be altered to comply with and these can vary from state to state!

Lots of paper work and veryfication of 12 months previous and continous use (Not just ownership) required if you are claiming it as a personal import.

If the car has air con, more rules and regulations about polluting the ozone.

Lots and lots of rules so check out this web site, http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/vehicle_regulation/bulletin/importing_vehicles/general/EligibilityCriteria_2.aspx

i just want to import a nice clean original s1 elise , im sure to be ok with the whole personal import scheme .i know when it comes to this they pretty much accept anything , but how bout the costs ??

thanks