Importify Cars
Import requests

Not in stock?
We help you buy it.

Tell us exactly the car you want and we help you buy it at the Japanese auctions: searched weekly, bid to your limit, then shipped and cleared into New Zealand. This is an import service, not a car sale.

Start an import request
How it works

Five steps,
start to driveway.

STEP
01

We talk about the car and the budget

What you want, which specification, and the total you want to spend to get it landed in New Zealand. The minimum budget is NZ$20,000. Your NZ$1,000 + GST downpayment starts the search.

STEP
02

We search, weekly

The Japanese auctions run from Tuesday to Saturday, and the right car appears when it appears. We search them weekly and send you a shortlist as vehicles that fit come up.

STEP
03

Be ready to decide fast

Auction lots do not wait. When a suitable car comes up, we need your reply within the hour to bid on it.

STEP
04

A 20% deposit, then we bid

When we find a suitable car, you pay a deposit of 20% of its total estimated FOB price, the same day, by bank transfer. We hold accounts with all the major New Zealand banks. We bid to your limit and no further. The deposit is refunded ONLY if we do not win the car. If we win it, the deposit is not refundable: it goes towards the price.

STEP
05

Win it, and it comes home

Win it and we arrange the freight, customs and tax to get it to New Zealand. The balance is due when the car arrives. Compliance and on-road costs are a separate service: see below.

What it costs

One fee,
stated up front.

7.95%+ GST

our service fee

NZ$1,000 + GST

downpayment to start

Your fee is confirmed in writing before you commit to any bid. You will never find out what this costs after the fact.

The NZ$1,000 + GST downpayment

Paid online when you place your request, so we can start the search. It is non-refundable, and it comes off our 7.95% service fee, so you do not pay it twice. The 20% deposit we ask for before bidding is a separate payment. It is refunded only if we do not win the car; once we win it, it is not refundable.

  • The minimum budget for an import request is NZ$20,000.
  • Each car we have physically inspected in Japan costs ¥3,500, charged to you weekly for the inspections carried out that week.
  • The balance is due when the car arrives in New Zealand. If it is not paid on time, a late fee of 3.95% + GST of the outstanding balance is charged straight away, and again every month it remains unpaid.
  • Compliance and on-road costs are NOT part of the import request. Getting the car complied, registered and road legal in New Zealand, and any servicing or repairs it needs along the way, is a separate service. If you would like us to handle it for you we can, charged separately and quoted before any work starts.
Please read before you request

A service,
not a car sale.

  • We are not selling you a car. An import request is a service: we find a car at auction and buy it on your behalf, then arrange getting it to New Zealand.
  • We are not responsible for the car’s condition. That includes rust, engine or transmission problems, other mechanical faults, and compliance issues, whether they are found before or after the car arrives.
  • We can only work from what is known at the time. The auction house’s grading and any inspection are the best information available, but none of them can see everything under the paint or inside an engine.
  • There is always a risk in importing a car. Our job is to lower it, using our professional experience to pick the right car and tell you what we know. We cannot remove it.
  • Compliance, registration, on-road costs and any repairs are yours. If you would like us to handle any of them, we can, as a separate service charged separately.
Start a request

Tell us what
to find.

The more specific you are, the faster this goes. Model, variant, transmission, year range, colour, acceptable mileage, deal-breakers. Then your total budget, landed in New Zealand.

Step 1 of 3: Your details

Your details

What happens straight after

We send you our service agreement to read and sign, and confirm your service fee in writing. Nothing is bid on until both are done.

Timelines vary, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise: Japanese auction and export processing, freight schedules, New Zealand compliance and any unexpected repair work all move the date.