englishman looking for advice

[steve1001]

Hi all, sorry this is in english but i`m not sure i can explain properly in Norwegian..

Just a quick question really, i`m looking to import a 2011 vw passat from our friends ze germans.
the question is, is it worth it? i mean, the car is only a stationsvogn 1.6l with 105 hests with about 40,00km on the clock, other than that its pretty standard. i had a dealer here in bergen (møller bil) offer me one for 300,000kr`, and that car was imported from germany, but a friend asked me why i didnt just import myself.
any thoughts, is it too time consuming/difficult/expensive?
what additional costs am i looking at other than the 50 million kroners i`ll probably have to pay in tax to get the car into norway?

cheers

steve

p.s. am i better off getting deisel or petrol?

[Ole Reidar]

Hi Steve!

You don't say much regarding what eqiupment you are looking for so I've just picked an example to show you what price is possible with importing the car:

http://www.mobile24.no/autos/details/157076318

Add 20-25 000 in importcost and you wil also need a set of winter tires in adittion. But in total a car like that wouldn't cost more than 260-265 000 NOK including all tax here in Norway

[steve1001]

sweet!

thanks for the help.

two quick questions though, would a petrol be better & how does the guarantee work?

cheers

steve

[Ole Reidar]

Petrol in this hp-range would not be recommended. The taxes would also be higher so the car would be more expensive! If you buy a Passat that was sold new in Norway in 2011 you will get 5 years guarantee, but if you import one it will only be the guarantee from the fabric which will be valid. This means 2 years from the car was first registered in Germany.

[steve1001]

hmmm. i heard bergen kommune might introduce an extra tax for diesel cars because of the pollution in the winter, i`m going to hve to rethink this whole thing..

have a good one:-)

steve