Shipping a car to India

nilayjhaveri
By nilayjhaveri

How can I ship my car to India? What are the custom charges and does one have to pay a bribe to get through the customs? Thanks a bunch.

By shijucsivan• 15 Mar 2009 22:04
Rating: 2/5
shijucsivan

you have to think a lot more bfore taking such a step.The tax is really high.The permissions are tough to achieve.service..left hand drive..more over, the cars from here cannot withstand the indian road conditions.

do u really need to do this?

By akbarladak• 15 Mar 2009 21:57
Rating: 5/5
akbarladak

Shipping a Car to India is next to impossible due to the Left Hand Drive v/s Right Hand Drive issue.

To make things tough the import duty is close to 120%.

Even if you are willing to go through all of this the car will be sent for Homologation(Road worthiness) and as soon as it is a Left Hand Drive Car it will fail the test.In a lot of cases if that is not the issue they still have a right to keep the car for as long as they want under the "Homologation" process and you may never be able to drive your car.....get wise and buy a car in Inda rather than exporting it from here...

aki

By SolidSnake9• 15 Mar 2009 21:42
SolidSnake9

I did a lil' research for you.. and here's what I found... (http://www.qatarliving.com/node/319973) Hope that helps..

Good Luck Shipping your car!

SS

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