Importing Cars And Bikes

[deadman]

hi there

Having just looked into getting a big bike, it seems about 90% of them have been shipped here in parts, tax paid on the parts, assembled, and then with the excise paid and an emissions test completed, a legal greenbook is issued for about 100K.

However it seems this is not possible to be done with a car in the same way, anyone know why? Is it a different department or something? Just curious.

cheers

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[H2oDunc]

Bikes are brought in this way as the maximum cc capacity for bikes legally produced or imported here is at the moment 250cc. last year it was 200cc etc. This does not apply with cars. Hence a lot of bikes are brought in as parts and a book is then applied for. Hope this helped

[katabeachbum]

Bikes are brought in this way as the maximum cc capacity for bikes legally produced or imported here is at the moment 250cc. last year it was 200cc etc. This does not apply with cars. Hence a lot of bikes are brought in as parts and a book is then applied for. Hope this helped

Not correct

Red baron and several others import big bikes complete only, not as parts.

any size of bike can be imported, taxed, checked and registered here

Thailands most sold Big Bike, Kawasaki, are made in Thailand, and the most popular one is EX 650cc

cars can also be imported as parts, but then when assembled to a car in Thailand excicetax will be calculated as a new car, so no reduction for age.

Importing a used car, a reduction in importduty and excicetax applies for every year car has been used before import

[mallmagician]

How cheap could the duty get on older cars e.g. an 86 year mk1 mr2? They aren't worth much, but I would love to own another. Even if the costs add up.

[MoonRiverOasis]

How cheap could the duty get on older cars e.g. an 86 year mk1 mr2? They aren't worth much, but I would love to own another. Even if the costs add up.

Not easy to find here, but there's a few floating about (so no need to import). Prices for MK1 are around 400K Baht when they appear in the market, Mk2's go from about 600'ish up to 1M for the special edition TRD twin turbo wide body. Nice choice BTW - I owned both in my younger years, and while the MK1 looks very dated now, it'd make a great project car - would be lots of fun to fling around if it had a 2ZZ-GE and supercharger

[mallmagician]

Ah, thanks for the info. Once I've sorted our sensible car (thanks for your info on that post too), I may get away with buying one.

Haven't seen the mk1 here yet myself, but will now be checking the online car websites daily! :-)

Still interested in approx import duties on one though, as they are readily available to buy cheap in Japan. :-)

[deadman]

Bikes are brought in this way as the maximum cc capacity for bikes legally produced or imported here is at the moment 250cc. last year it was 200cc etc. This does not apply with cars. Hence a lot of bikes are brought in as parts and a book is then applied for. Hope this helped

Not correct

Red baron and several others import big bikes complete only, not as parts.

any size of bike can be imported, taxed, checked and registered here

Thailands most sold Big Bike, Kawasaki, are made in Thailand, and the most popular one is EX 650cc

cars can also be imported as parts, but then when assembled to a car in Thailand excicetax will be calculated as a new car, so no reduction for age.

Importing a used car, a reduction in importduty and excicetax applies for every year car has been used before import

I don't think that is the case kata, I was at red baron just last week and khun vikrom told me none of his bikes were imported assembled. Indeed, he was saying that due to the currency situation he was no longer getting his bikes from japan, now they were coming from the states

cheers

[AlexRobinson]

How cheap could the duty get on older cars e.g. an 86 year mk1 mr2? They aren't worth much, but I would love to own another. Even if the costs add up.

Mallmagician, i feel the same about a civic type r, when i lived in the UK, it was the first new car i bought for myslef, and love the simplicity, good handling and economy they offer. Available in Uk for about 5 - 6 k for a reasonable mileage 03 / 04 model. Would much prefer to import and pay the tax, than to end up paying over the odds for something in LOS that is much less satisfying.

If any one knows or cares to comment, how is the car value evaluated, is it based on the purchase price of the car? or an agreed value with the import agency?

Even at 120% import tax, a £5500 car would end up costing just over 12 k, is this right?

[janverbeem]

How cheap could the duty get on older cars e.g. an 86 year mk1 mr2? They aren't worth much, but I would love to own another. Even if the costs add up.

Mallmagician, i feel the same about a civic type r, when i lived in the UK, it was the first new car i bought for myslef, and love the simplicity, good handling and economy they offer. Available in Uk for about 5 - 6 k for a reasonable mileage 03 / 04 model. Would much prefer to import and pay the tax, than to end up paying over the odds for something in LOS that is much less satisfying.

If any one knows or cares to comment, how is the car value evaluated, is it based on the purchase price of the car? or an agreed value with the import agency?

Even at 120% import tax, a £5500 car would end up costing just over 12 k, is this right?

And what would you think about 280% import taxes?

[AlexRobinson]

And what would you think about 280% import taxes?

Thanks for your reply Janverbeem, 280% how do u get this figure? isnt t closer to 120%?

[janverbeem]

Do a search on this forum for car or bike import,there are umpteen topics about,and in some are a link posted to the page that describes the procedure of importing a car.The import tax maybe 120% but then you will have to add excise tax,vat and a number of other taxes on taxes.

[katabeachbum]

Bikes are brought in this way as the maximum cc capacity for bikes legally produced or imported here is at the moment 250cc. last year it was 200cc etc. This does not apply with cars. Hence a lot of bikes are brought in as parts and a book is then applied for. Hope this helped

Not correct

Red baron and several others import big bikes complete only, not as parts.

any size of bike can be imported, taxed, checked and registered here

Thailands most sold Big Bike, Kawasaki, are made in Thailand, and the most popular one is EX 650cc

cars can also be imported as parts, but then when assembled to a car in Thailand excicetax will be calculated as a new car, so no reduction for age.

Importing a used car, a reduction in importduty and excicetax applies for every year car has been used before import

I don't think that is the case kata, I was at red baron just last week and khun vikrom told me none of his bikes were imported assembled. Indeed, he was saying that due to the currency situation he was no longer getting his bikes from japan, now they were coming from the states

cheers

could be a change of import tactics, but most recent books I have seen from red baron have been bikes imported build up. 2009 bike gets 2009 model book in 2010 and 2011, and excice taxes for 2009 bike. Parts made to bike in LOS today, automaticly gets 2011 book and taxes for 2011 bike.

anyway the tax restrictions H2oDunc was referring to, was the move from 200cc to 250cc no taxes. Any size of bike can of course be imported as bikes (not parts), but importduty and excicetaxes applied

Another reson for Red Baron to source from US is emission more similar to LOS emission requirements. Less mods needed to pass LOS emission tests

[Shocktreatment]

Bikes are brought in this way as the maximum cc capacity for bikes legally produced or imported here is at the moment 250cc. last year it was 200cc etc. This does not apply with cars. Hence a lot of bikes are brought in as parts and a book is then applied for. Hope this helped

Not correct

Red baron and several others import big bikes complete only, not as parts.

any size of bike can be imported, taxed, checked and registered here

Thailands most sold Big Bike, Kawasaki, are made in Thailand, and the most popular one is EX 650cc

cars can also be imported as parts, but then when assembled to a car in Thailand excicetax will be calculated as a new car, so no reduction for age.

Importing a used car, a reduction in importduty and excicetax applies for every year car has been used before import

I don't think that is the case kata, I was at red baron just last week and khun vikrom told me none of his bikes were imported assembled. Indeed, he was saying that due to the currency situation he was no longer getting his bikes from japan, now they were coming from the states

cheers

Agree have never met a bike importer that bought a bike into Thailand in one peice and have 3 friends that import bikes, The importers from Japan are doing it hard as the cost of their bikes are now very hi, The Harley import guys are making a killing at the moment

[Tanaka]

And what would you think about 280% import taxes?

Thanks for your reply Janverbeem, 280% how do u get this figure? isnt t closer to 120%?

For a new car fees and taxes add up to 328%!!