Registration included in the price. As standard, after the car arrives you get the full set of documents and we answer every question, and the registration is done on your side. If you would rather we handle it for you, we do so as a premium service, priced individually. A left-hand-drive car goes through its first registration in Poland via a technical inspection at a vehicle inspection station, then the registration office.
Zero duty. Every calculation carries 10% duty, plus 21% VAT at clearance in Rotterdam and Polish excise before registration (3.1% up to 2000 cc, 18.6% above, hybrids 1.55% and 9.3% respectively). The EU-Japan agreement has a zero rate, but it requires a proof of origin that in practice cannot be obtained for a used auction car, so we never put zero into a quote.
Sold prices. The amounts in the catalogue and in the price reports are opening prices, not sold prices. The auction data available to us covers, in most cases, only the opening price, and we say so next to every figure.
An easy registration of a right-hand-drive car. By default we look for left-hand-drive cars. A right-hand-drive car straight from Japan does not meet the conditions of § 9 of the regulation on technical conditions of vehicles (Dz.U. 2024 poz. 502), so it needs one of three routes: a first registration before 1985, an earlier registration in another EU country, or a conversion of the steering to the left side. We describe this in a separate article.
Two weeks. From the winning bid to delivery at your address we count 10 to 16 weeks. You will find that term in the contract, and it is the only one that applies.