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We hear so many stories about whether to buy or ship a new car to CR. Can someone share an experience they had with this and advise us?
you will have to pay import duties and taxes equal to about 80% of the value of the car.
why don’t you ask your bank how long this transaction will take? normally, it is no more than two or three days, sometimes less.
[quote=”maravilla”]you will have to pay import duties and taxes equal to about 80% of the value of the car.
WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF PURCHASING A NEW TOYOTA RAV 4 AWD CAR WITH ALL TAXES AND FEES INCLUDED IN COSTA RICA?
why don’t you ask your bank how long this transaction will take? normally, it is no more than two or three days, sometimes less.[/quote]
The import duty on a new vehicle or one that’s one to three years old here is about 56% of its “Black Book” value plus freight and insurance. Vehicles four to six model years old are charged about 67% of that Black Book value. Over seven years — about 79%.
Whether you import your own new car or buy a used one from a dealer here, you, as the ultimate owner of the vehicle, will pay all those costs. And when you sell the vehicle, you’ll pass those costs on to the next owner. No one is going to give you that money for free.
You’ll have to consult Purdy Motors, the sole importer and seller of new Toyotas, about the cost of the RAV4 you want.
A consideration in this matter is that of just what the vehicle you would buy from Purdy Motors actually is. That is, vehicles imported directly from Asia do not necessarily meet U.S. safety and environmental standards. A vehicle you buy in the States will.
A number of reliable people have told me that cars imported directly from Asia are several hundred pounds lighter than cars imported to the U.S. So what’s missing? They look the same inside and out, but what about things like the safety beams in the doors, crush zones, etc?
We have friends who bought a 2012 Kia Cerato here in January. It’s the twin of a Kia model sold in the States which has six (I think) air bags. The one they bought here has two. In an accident, how many air bags would you like to have??
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