Importing a Ferrari from the EU (Spain)

Don't do it honestly, they did it with my car in Autotrader and the phone number was a spanish company trying to sell me my own car!!!!

And to add to insult the guy actually admitted it in the end, and asked me if I wanted to get invloved which I rightly said no and then forwarded to my mates at MI6.

Do you seriously think they need to advertise UK car located in Spain cars in the UK?

In the same week a dealer called me asking if I had my car still as he had paid 3k into an account exactly the same way and would be able to retrn it if it was not to his liking, I couldn't beleiev a dealer of all people falling for this crap.

Only way forward is for them to show you the car in person......globespan/easyjet flight for couple of hundred quid and at least you'll know if they bail it's saved you a fortune!!

I've never contacted that garage again but my guess is his car never turned up! and his cash was gone.

Please please think about it!!!!

look at http://www.419eater.com/ and then search for car scams, it's all there in black and white!!

Paul
CUE99T

My apologies if the car is true but when it looks like **** and smells like ****, it's cos it's usually ****.

 

Dont even think about it thats a recipe for a financial disaster Why not look for agood l/h drive one already here if thats what you want ?

RAY360M

 

i presume you mean this one:

http://www.blueautos.co.uk/view_car.php?car_id=56&PHPSESSID=36251871c8e680144b0a49adefe9b147

1) first thing i thought when i saw the add was this was a US spec car due to the side indicators on the front spoiler. Someone on this forum will know the answer to that but i cant see why a spanish spec car would look any different to mine (german) or UK.

2)Also isnt their number on the add a mobile?

3) are other cars on the website also cheap?

i would also advise caution. Regarding tax, it would be possible for a car not to have has vat paid on it if it was registered in the name of a company i think. in which case you may have to pay it.

 

Website is not working at the moment

edited to add, just looked on Autotrader, nice colour combo, does look like a US car also a '97 would be on a P or R plate wouldn't it , not an S ?

I'd be going ot look at it if I were you or drop on ot the Spanish section here and ask a known member to at least check it really exists

 

there would be no vat to pay if the car was coming from the eu, as long as its over 6 months old and done more than 7000km

 

Is that photo taken in Spain? Can't see very well, but the cars in the background (including a couple of truck things) look American to me. I'd be very careful on this one...

Jonathan

 

I work in Gibraltar and am in Marbella every weekend, if you give me details or PM I might be able to stop and have a look at it. As a general comment Ferrari down here seem to be quite expensive so I doubt the authenticity of the advert. I've always thought the cheapest place to buy a LHD car is in the UK!

 

I imported my 328 into France from Belgium, and it was first registered in Italy. As mentioned above, so long as the car is not currently registered in a country outside the EEC ( beware that Switzerland has many nice Ferraris available but is outside EEC) then the European taxes have already been paid, you simply have to get the UK documentation made out by showing all the existing Spanish documents. If you purchase a car currently registered in a country outside the EEC, even it it was at one time registered in an EEC country, you will have to pay UK taxes based on the current market value. I don't know about the authenticity of the particular car you are looking at, although looking at the photo I do agree that I am pretty sure that photo is taken in the USA, I would guess they don't own these cars but act as agents because many of the photos seem to have different backgrounds.
Good luck with your search !!

 

BLUEAUTOS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
UNIT 1, BOSTON PK MANOR
GATEWOOD LANE
BAWTRY RD, HATFIELD WOODFIELD
DONCASTER DN7 6DS
Company No. 05203063

Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 11/08/2004

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)): None Supplied

Previous Names:
Date of change Previous Name
29/09/2004 VIRGIN AUTOS LIMITED

 

Gents, I've dealt with Blueauto's and they are 100% legit

I looked at their 430 F1 2 weeks ago in Doncaster. Both Ti and Sophie his wife are very nice, I wouldn't have a problem dealing with them

Lovely massive big house too.

Jon

 

if you do pay by credit card, at least you've some one to chase and get a refund if it goes belly up!!!!

 

assuming the car is genuine, if its a US spec car you still have some more research to do. A) is it duty paid in eec, b) what is the difference between US spec and european spec (emissions, lights etc). And to be honest if it is US spec i would leave alone as its not THAT cheap - you will struggle to sell it again. Better off putting up a wanted ad on ferrari owners club (free)/ sunday times (70 quid) or similar. I bet there is a lhd drive car over here that fits your spec, someone might sell if they see a wanted ad. In my (limited) research it seems that lhd drive cars are cheaper here than in europe. When selling mine i could have got a better price in germany. And lastly, if your budget is stretched so you cant afford to pay another 5k for a car then dont by a ferrari as sooner or later you will probably get stung for that much in repairs anyhow.
Happy hunting, hope you find your "soulmate"
Andy

 

Have you've spoken to Nick Cartwright? if he's not got one he can get hold of one usally, but you might have to wait.

 

also worth looking at www.mobile.de for german cars, only saw one black on there today - note search under 355 not f355. There is also an italian mag like top marques (or there used to be anyway- havent seen it lately).