Importing US goods to Europe...

[Dport7674]

I saw a short documentary about a couple of guys..

One was making good money shipping and selling classic American muscle cars to one of the Scandinavian countries, I forget which.

The other was making decent money sending Harley parts to Japan. He couldn't send complete bike's for whatever reason.

The cool thing about both stories was that the classic car guy wasn't just buying/selling mint condition '70 chevelle type cars.. He was flipping stuff like corvairs, cougars etc.

Same for the Harley guy.. Japan bike builders love the AMF era bikes. No one likes them here in the states. He'd buy complete bikes for cheap, break 'em down into parts and ship them.

Edit: This doc. I saw was a good 8 yrs ago.. The muscle car bubble might have popped by now, Idk. Proceed with caution.

[HookTheBrotherUp]

Originally Posted by Dport7674

I saw a short documentary about a couple of guys..

One was making good money shipping and selling classic American muscle cars to one of the Scandinavian countries, I forget which.

The other was making decent money sending Harley parts to Japan. He couldn't send complete bike's for whatever reason.

The cool thing about both stories was that the classic car guy wasn't just buying/selling mint condition '70 chevelle type cars.. He was flipping stuff like corvairs, cougars etc.

Same for the Harley guy.. Japan bike builders love the AMF era bikes. No one likes them here in the states. He'd buy complete bikes for cheap, break 'em down into parts and ship them.

Edit: This doc. I saw was a good 8 yrs ago.. The muscle car bubble might have popped by now, Idk. Proceed with caution.

Thanks, this was the kind of information I was curious about... the guy I knew who was doing the thing with the Porsche cars did not really say how old they were, but I don't think they were very old really, it had more to do with the taxation in Germany. Not sure, but it was less expensive to get one that was imported by an individual, and not a business if I recall. Anyway, thanks again.

[Threestep2]

Originally Posted by HookTheBrotherUp

Thanks, this was the kind of information I was curious about... the guy I knew who was doing the thing with the Porsche cars did not really say how old they were, but I don't think they were very old really, it had more to do with the taxation in Germany. Not sure, but it was less expensive to get one that was imported by an individual, and not a business if I recall. Anyway, thanks again.

Getting it to Germany is not the problem. Getting the vehicle registered is the problem.

[easthome]

Originally Posted by HookTheBrotherUp

I once knew a guy in Berlin who would occasionally come to the US, purchase used Porsche cars, and import them back to Germany and sell them for a nice profit. I was just curious if there was a market for this kind of import, maybe even motorcycles, or anything really. I am just looking at trying something to see if I can make a win-win situation.

I know you can purchase anything new in Europe, but this idea of importing Porsche vehicles seemed to work, just wondering if there were any other markets out there.

Let me know if you have any ideas! Thanks.

The title of the thread is 'Importing US goods to Europe' but aren't Porsche cars German anyway!? They must have been exported to the US in the first place?

[GER308]

Originally Posted by easthome

The title of the thread is 'Importing US goods to Europe' but aren't Porsche cars German anyway!? They must have been exported to the US in the first place?

Sure, but as someone else said when the Euro was higher it was in some cases still cheaper to reimport.

Classic VW´s and parts are often imported from the USA where there are more available. Also are there is no inspection in the US and in parts of the US less rust problems their are more older cars remaining.

[Boert]

Depends on the products, clothing, shoes are overtaxed. I buy American stuff through Canary Islands, also Andorra, Gibraltar, etc.

I believe they have inspections in some American states. I remember there were inspections in Florida, but there was a referendum and people voted no. That's what I call democracy, voting out a racket.