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shawrf1 · 01-28-2011, 10:28 AM

Lo and behold, I am expecting orders to Japan. From the little research I've done, I know that it'll cost $4-5k to get US-spec cars up to spec, but anyone know anyone who has shipped their M3 to Japan and lived to tell the tale?

I'm particularly interested in the potential resale value (click)

Kyoshi71 · 01-28-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by shawrf1

Lo and behold, I am expecting orders to Japan. From the little research I've done, I know that it'll cost $4-5k to get US-spec cars up to spec, but anyone know anyone who has shipped their M3 to Japan and lived to tell the tale?

I'm particularly interested in the potential resale value (click)

Japan is right-hand-drive. Does that change things at all for you?

outie · 01-28-2011, 12:33 PM

Japan also has many left-hand-drive import cars, esp European ones.

shawrf1 · 01-28-2011, 06:46 PM

yep. the link in the op is to a used LHD M3 on the Japanese market... of course, the RHD versions command $10-20k more.

quality_sound · 02-05-2011, 08:17 AM

Doesn't Japan still have limitations on how new a car you can take into the country? It used to be nothing newer than a '74 but I've been told recently it's now nothing newer than an '07.

karussell · 02-11-2011, 10:12 AM

import taxes will kill the value in selling it in japan just as in germany.

quality_sound · 02-12-2011, 02:04 PM

Does it depend on the car or age or anything? I know people that have sold Suburbans for $50K in Japan.

01-28-2011, 10:28 AM	#1
shawrf1 Private First Class Drives: '11 IB E90 M3 (US-Spec) sold Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Army Posts: 172 iTrader: (1)	Japan... Lo and behold, I am expecting orders to Japan. From the little research I've done, I know that it'll cost $4-5k to get US-spec cars up to spec, but anyone know anyone who has shipped their M3 to Japan and lived to tell the tale? I'm particularly interested in the potential resale value (click)
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01-28-2011, 12:33 PM	#3
outie Lieutenant Drives: 2011 M3 ZCP Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: CA Posts: 482 iTrader: (0)	Japan also has many left-hand-drive import cars, esp European ones. __________________

02-11-2011, 10:12 AM	#6
karussell Captain Drives: 4 wheels Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 698 iTrader: (0)	import taxes will kill the value in selling it in japan just as in germany. __________________ "It gave you amazing satisfaction, but anyone who says he loved it is either a liar or he wasn't going fast enough." - Jackie Stewart on racing at the Nurburgring

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01-28-2011, 06:46 PM	#4
shawrf1 Private First Class Drives: '11 IB E90 M3 (US-Spec) sold Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Army Posts: 172 iTrader: (1)	yep. the link in the op is to a used LHD M3 on the Japanese market... of course, the RHD versions command $10-20k more.

02-05-2011, 08:17 AM	#5
quality_sound 8 tracks of madness Drives: Slowly Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: At home Posts: 2,720 iTrader: (1)	Doesn't Japan still have limitations on how new a car you can take into the country? It used to be nothing newer than a '74 but I've been told recently it's now nothing newer than an '07.

02-12-2011, 02:04 PM	#7
quality_sound 8 tracks of madness Drives: Slowly Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: At home Posts: 2,720 iTrader: (1)	Does it depend on the car or age or anything? I know people that have sold Suburbans for $50K in Japan.