Importify Cars
▸ For New Zealand buyers

NZ
finance.

Importify Cars works with Levr, our NZ finance partner, so a New Zealand buyer can finance the car they’re importing with a lender matched to their situation.

Apply with Levr

Importing a car into New Zealand costs more than the car. Shipping from Japan, GST, entry certification, compliance and registration all land before you drive it, and the vehicles we sell, JDM performance cars, European classics and collectables, don’t always fit a standard dealer valuation.

Levr are a New Zealand vehicle finance broker. Rather than you applying to one lender after another, a finance specialist looks at your situation and matches you with a lender that suits it.

Finance is arranged entirely through Levr and the lender. Importify sells and imports the vehicle; we don’t assess applications, approve credit, set rates or hold your loan.

What to know.

Know the landed cost first

An import costs more than the car. Shipping from Japan, GST, entry certification, compliance and registration all land before you drive it. Work that figure out before you apply, so you're asking for what you actually need.

Matched to a lender

Levr are a New Zealand vehicle finance broker. A finance specialist looks at your situation and matches you with a lender that suits it, instead of you applying to one lender after another.

We supply the paperwork

Importify provides the vehicle documentation a lender asks for: chassis and specification details, an independent pre-purchase inspection, and an invoice that shows the landed cost.

How it works.

STEP
01

Find the vehicle

Pick the car you want from our inventory. If it's still in Japan or on the water, that's a normal starting point for finance.

STEP
02

Apply with Levr

Answer a few quick questions on Levr's site. Tell them it's an Importify import and roughly what the landed cost will be.

STEP
03

A specialist gets in touch

A Levr finance specialist reviews your details and talks you through your options. Approval, rate, term and fees are between you and the lender.

STEP
04

We get on with the import

With finance sorted, we handle the purchase, export, shipping, compliance and delivery, exactly as we would for a cash buyer.

NZ import finance questions.

Can you finance a car imported into New Zealand?
Yes. Importify Cars works with Levr, our NZ finance partner. Levr are a New Zealand vehicle finance broker: a finance specialist looks at your situation and matches you with a lender that suits it. Importify imports the vehicle; Levr arrange the finance.
Who provides the finance, Importify or Levr?
Neither lends the money. Levr are a finance broker who match you with a lender, and the lender provides the loan. Importify Cars is not a lender, credit broker or financial adviser, and does not assess applications, approve credit, set rates or hold your loan.
Does the finance cover shipping, GST and compliance?
That depends on the lender Levr match you with. Work out the landed cost first, including shipping from Japan, GST, entry certification, compliance and registration, and tell Levr that figure when you apply, so they know what you need to borrow.
Do I have to use Levr to buy a car from Importify?
No. Buying a vehicle from Importify Cars is not conditional on using Levr or any other finance provider. Levr are offered because an import is easier to finance with someone who understands imports.
Can I get finance before the car arrives in New Zealand?
Yes, start early. Finance for an import is arranged around the vehicle rather than its shipping date, so a car still in Japan or on the water is a normal starting point. Knowing your position before you commit is the reason to ask early.

Ready to apply?

Applications are handled by Levr. You’ll leave importifycars.com and land on their site, where a few quick questions start your application.

Importify Cars is not a lender, credit broker or financial adviser, and does not receive or assess finance applications. Levr are an independent vehicle finance broker; any loan is provided by the lender they match you with, subject to that lender’s criteria, terms, conditions, fees and charges. We receive no commission or fee for introducing you, and buying a vehicle from us is not conditional on using Levr or any other finance provider.

Related

  • Import cost calculator

    Shipping estimates to New Zealand: the start of the landed figure a lender will ask about.

  • Available inventory

    The cars this finance is for, with chassis and specification detail.

  • Australian finance

    Buying into Australia instead? Different market, different finance partner.

  • US finance

    Importing into the United States instead? Different rules, different finance partner.