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Originally Posted by Justin.b
I didn't realize the wait was so long. I had read some Aussie car websites years ago and it just seemed as if relatively recent Japanese gray market machines were easily available.
Is the waiting period a recent change, or were the cars I read about just entirely illegal? Or is it something like we have in the US, where you can only import it if that vehicle wasn't sold in the US (there are still other requirements to bring it in).
-Justin
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Off the top of my head it's something like this
1,
Pre 1989 can be imported assuming it meets Aussie standards for that year (easy) + various costs that add up $$
2,
If you live overseas for 12 months and can prove you owned and drove the car during that time you are free to bring it back into the country with you
3,
If it's a car that the manufacturer never had full import licence you are free to import it, not that easy as the car must be complied to be road legal which costs $$
For example you can import Ferrari 360s from 1999-2004 including CS but once landed in aus it must be complied to be able to be road registered and that costs anywhere from $17k to $30k not sure what's current.
So no chance for imported 86s