Shipping a 335 TO europe.

TheDL · 03-03-2007, 03:50 PM

Yep... this may be in the future for me, I tried searching for it, but the search seems to be dead

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anyways, might have a job re-location to Austria and I was wondering if anyone has any experience shipping a car from the west coast of the US to the EU... like cost of shipping and any import duties and taxes.

Thanks!!!

borsalino · 03-04-2007, 12:20 AM

I don't know the laws of Austria but I know a guy that moved from the UK to Canada and he was able to bring his car and other belongings to canada duty and tax free. Regarding shipping, it costs around $3000US to ship a 20ft container from Japan to Vancouver so it probably costs 3000-4000 to Austria but you will also have to get the container railed to Austria from a neighbouring country which will probably cost more. Good Luck

ron_jeremy · 03-04-2007, 04:22 AM

3000US$ included shipping and insurance.
Taxes i don't know.

shadowcoder · 03-04-2007, 04:30 AM

Taxes (if any) would depend on the conditions of your move. Most likely
there won't be any. I know that the cost from the east coast runs at
around $1500-$1800. To save a bit of money, if you are not shipping any
other personal belongings, you could send your car to Venice and then
you could go there, pick it up and drive to Austria.

borsalino · 03-04-2007, 10:48 PM

Also, I think it might be cheaper for you to ship your car if you get it transported on a ro-ro ship. That is ship that only delivers cars so people drive your car on the ship and someone drives it off. Good Luck

aris214 · 03-05-2007, 01:18 AM

My dad shipped his '89 300SDL to Greece for $1500 from NYC.

Josh49 · 03-05-2007, 09:08 AM

Drive it over yourself..

The Chad · 03-05-2007, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh49

Drive it over yourself..

I didn't know the B in BMW stands for "Boat". :P

Kalin · 03-05-2007, 05:05 PM

Last time I priced a shipment from east coast to Europe it was around $1200.. then add about $800 to move it from west - east coast. You can call anyone in the yellow pages and they will give you a quote.

As far as importation taxes, if it's not diplomatic or int'l organization importation you potentially could pay engine liter road tax plus VAT. You'll have to dig around... or would your job sponsor know? What about getting your job to pay for the shipment and importation?

TTG · 03-05-2007, 05:15 PM

I would say around ~$2K for shipping and most likely your car will be exempt from all taxes if you are a US Citizen and planning on moving back to US. They will give you a tax exempt (foreigner) plates...... Kinda like diplamatic plates....

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shadowcoder Captain 51 Rep 921 Posts Drives: 2006 330i Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Jose, CA / Orland Park, IL iTrader: (1)	Taxes (if any) would depend on the conditions of your move. Most likely there won't be any. I know that the cost from the east coast runs at around $1500-$1800. To save a bit of money, if you are not shipping any other personal belongings, you could send your car to Venice and then you could go there, pick it up and drive to Austria.
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borsalino Private First Class 18 Rep 172 Posts Drives: BMW e90 328i Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fraser River iTrader: (0)	Also, I think it might be cheaper for you to ship your car if you get it transported on a ro-ro ship. That is ship that only delivers cars so people drive your car on the ship and someone drives it off. Good Luck __________________ e90 328i- Sparkling Graphite/Premium Package/Steptronic/PDC/ Blacklines
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Kalin Second Lieutenant 11 Rep 251 Posts Drives: F31 328xi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Washington iTrader: (0)	Last time I priced a shipment from east coast to Europe it was around $1200.. then add about $800 to move it from west - east coast. You can call anyone in the yellow pages and they will give you a quote. As far as importation taxes, if it's not diplomatic or int'l organization importation you potentially could pay engine liter road tax plus VAT. You'll have to dig around... or would your job sponsor know? What about getting your job to pay for the shipment and importation?
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