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Originally Posted by Insane
Pretty much because he's pumped 30k into it, and it's now got the kind of performance I could never afford to give a 2017 86. Engineering here to make sure the turbo is all legal is about 5k by itself :/
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Originally Posted by Insane
Appreciate it, but no they get you every which way here, unless you buy a car whilst living overseas then ship it back to Australia.
I will be happy with a fast BRZ/86 I just have to find the right one!
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I run a business importing motors out of the US and Europe and looked into importing a car. Basically our laws make it very difficult, especially if it is a car you can get from an Australian dealership. Even to bring in a 69 Camero I was going to need to have the car dismantled and brought in separate shipments as parts to make it worthwhile.
Apparently next year or so this will be changing to allow parallel grey imports but for now it's not really an option.
That being said, a lot of our new cars aren't actually too badly priced. New 86 in California is MSRP USD$26,255 or AUD$35,900 roughly. 86 in QLD new is AUD$33,090 rrp. The luxury car tax is a joke though.