So as usual there i was just having a brief look at red TME's that have gone through the Japanese auctions over the last few weeks and i happen across the same one..... twice over. The first auction it went through as Grade 3c and quite rightly sold ....
....However this wasnt the end of the story as a few days later the car appeared again, this time at a different auction house. This time it went through as a Grade 4b and fetched an additional 512,000jpy .... thats £3,500 gbp! Wow! Someone must have been very happy indeed with that kinda profit in 3 days!
Third surprise was an different car, this time 'Grade RA' ... with 141,000km (88,000miles) on it - this fetched 1,615,000jpy (£11,000gbp)! Thats a fair bit for a Grade RA. If importing into the UK your looking at over £1000 additional fee's for agent and shipping, plus 10% import tax and then 20% vat on top of that ... roughly £15,500 and thats just landed in the docks! You then have to pick it up, convert it for the UK, MOT and register it .... so over £16,000 by the time you've finished! Phew!
It just goes to show, take the grades with a pinch of salt and always get the car fully inspected before committing. Or buy through a reputable trader such as TorqueGT as i did. Either way you can see why the red TME is fetching the price it is doing over here in the UK. The Grade 4b (formerly 3c) car would be hitting £20,000 and thats before the trader over here add's his chunk of profit on, and after following numerous cars from the Japanese auction houses to the UK forecourts i can tell you now it isnt always a small chunk either.
Third surprise was an different car, this time 'Grade RA' ... with 141,000km (88,000miles) on it - this fetched 1,615,000jpy (£11,000gbp)! Thats a fair bit for a Grade RA. If importing into the UK your looking at over £1000 additional fee's for agent and shipping, plus 10% import tax and then 20% vat on top of that ... roughly £15,500 and thats just landed in the docks! You then have to pick it up, convert it for the UK, MOT and register it .... so over £16,000 by the time you've finished! Phew!
It just goes to show, take the grades with a pinch of salt and always get the car fully inspected before committing. Or buy through a reputable trader such as TorqueGT as i did. Either way you can see why the red TME is fetching the price it is doing over here in the UK. The Grade 4b (formerly 3c) car would be hitting £20,000 and thats before the trader over here add's his chunk of profit on, and after following numerous cars from the Japanese auction houses to the UK forecourts i can tell you now it isnt always a small chunk either.
Have a great Christmas everyone and i wish you all a very happy New Year. Drive safe and lets all see what 2017 holds in store, i'm sure it's not going to be dull!
RSS Feed
