Milo500 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Hi, guys, I had a conversation with a buddy of mine who also has a mkiv, and he is thinking of selling his in the new year. We started discussing the fact that the mkiv's in the USA are at an extreme price difference compared to here in the UK. To which I ask, has anyone ever thought of exporting to the USA for the sale of their car? (I am aware that the driving side will be incorrect, so will reduce the price slightly), also registration and shipping will be a factor.... However, even with all of this incorporated, there would still be a great difference in what you could get for one over here to the USA. Have people thought of this allready and has been disproven? I can't be the only person that has had this as a thought. Please throw your opinions this way Cheers, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc92 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 They have to be 25 years old to be legally imported into the USA. It'll be interesting to see what it does to prices here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) Slight problem is the Americans wouldn't be interested in RH drive vehicles so the only UK imports they will be taking would be to strip for parts. I can see it'll be like e-types are to us with lots being brought back into the country with the more likely export market being the RH drive ones in Japan and other LH Asia countries Edited December 4, 2016 by rider (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo500 Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 They have to be 25 years old to be legally imported into the USA. It'll be interesting to see what it does to prices here. Ohh yea ofcourse hahah, completely forgot about the obvious, so I'm guessing in a few years time Also I have seen a couple of rhd over there, and there isn't as much of a price difference of what you would think...there is also a video of a guy on YouTube on the roads untraveled channel of a guy who bought a rhd mkiv and he says it didn't bother him about ut being rhd, but bought it because it was slightly cheaper than a us spec one... Is interesting to think how it will affect the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebas Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 in my opinion if anyone in US will want rhd they will import them from Canada. Just check http://www.kijiji.ca. It is more rhd supras for sale in Canada than in UK and prices are quite good, and americans can use cheap westjet to fly to Canada and inspect any car before they will buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo500 Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 in my opinion if anyone in US will want rhd they will import them from Canada. Just check http://www.kijiji.ca. It is more rhd supras for sale in Canada than in UK and prices are quite good, and americans can use cheap westjet to fly to Canada and inspect any car before they will buy it. Ohh right, fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 The main reason US supras are so expensive is purely because the demand is higher and the cars are fewer. 99% of the supras in the US are original US spec cars. They dont have the option to import them like we do so the price is driven up. The other 1% are there either illegally or registered in one of the few states that allows them.. similar to the R34 GTR. I have heard of people shipping '93 supras out there to people who dont register them and just lock them away awaiting 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Give it a couple of years time, it'll be interesting to see what it does for both markets. Clean NAs (although LHD) are going to nearly $30k over there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 they will want the hard top as lots of aeros out there will strip thers and install into our shell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Time for me to add this again. Any yanks reading this i will swap my Supra for your Viper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Time for me to add this again. Any yanks reading this i will swap my Supra for your Viper. I signed up to a Viper owners club a few weeks ago, just waiting for the 25 year rule on the Supra and I'll be doing an advert on there haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Great minds Kendo. Viper FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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