Yeah cars in UK are dirt cheap especially those EU made cars..i was planning on using my friend's AP whose coming back at the end of this month to bring a W203 C200 which will only cost around RM40k inclusive of tax shipping and everything..but sadly since MITI now can check with DVLA UK regarding the registration date so had to cancel my plan

yeah true that,its amazingly cheap!well made my mind up finally,and im bringing back a 2001 Honda S2000,woot woot,but before that can happen,can any sifu here give me any tips on bringing the car back?As far as i am concern,the tax applied for a 2000cc cars currently is 171%,is it true?Assuming that it is :

1.The 2001 S2000 that im going for is about GBP3900,roughly RM19k.
2.So the tax applied is 171% of RM19,000..right?If that's so,the amount of tax that i have to pay is roughly RM32k

which brings the total amount that i have to pay (RM19k + RM32k) + shipping (RM5k)
=RM56k.which is about half the price of an S2000 based on market price currently.not bad huh?

but i noticed that depreciation value is also taken into account,so if its a 2001 car,and i bring it back next year,2012, which makes it 11 years old next year,will i get any further discount?

Tax calculated on the price of the car in the year and country it was manufactured. so in the case of an S2k then prices vary according to spec as listed here

^ Does not matter what price you paid for it... but the price when it was made... Yen very high now...

Depreciate calculation based on the age of the car.

Anybody in this forum/thread have any experience bringing in a Mazda RX8 from the UK?or if u know any of your friends/friend of friend ever bring in one?Im curious how they tax the car,as its a 1.3cc engine,and i heard those Customs can charge you more on sales tax?I just sent my enquiries to them,waiting for a quote.Meanwhile if u guys have any experience do share!tq very much =)

a RX8 from JP by a forum member on this thread... use the search function.

Can you appeal to reduce the tax??

This post has been edited by ScionRav: Aug 25 2011, 09:31 AM

anyone successfully imported ariel atom/super seven's?

Can anybody help me to calculate the tax that I need to pay for an UK Lexus IS250 (62 months old)?? Roughly how much tax that I need to pay for this car?? Thank you very much guys!!! I am so confused with the tax ((

U can go to Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia official website http://www.customs.gov.my/ on the top of the main page there is a column called "hubungi kami",click on "pertanyaan kastam online".Put in your details on the inquiry section, they will reply to you within 3 working days.They'll send u a PDF file showing details such as docket price,tax,shipping price etc of the car u would like to bring back,in your case is that 62 months old Lexus IS250.

Im in the UK so i reckon the tax that is applied is a bit different no?I already sent my inquiry to kastam regarding the RX8, here are the attached file of the quote they gave,its a rough quote,just to give you an idea about how much will it cost so on so forth,but most people said that quote they gave is very near precise.


Attached File(s)
 RX8.pdf ( 29.48k ) Number of downloads: 446

How old (in months) is your Lexus IS250 when it arrives at the kastam of Malaysia??

Same goes for Motorbikes ???

really interested in motorcycles..

superbikes also got AP right???

i'm currently studying at egypt..does we also got AP...

i just check out this post..
http://keretajepun.blogspot.com/2009/11/mu...rbaloi-lah.html



Adalah ditegaskan bahawa tiada pengurangan tambahan (diskaun) yang akan diberikan ke atas kenderaan yang dibawa balik dengan menggunakan AP Pelajar selain yang telah ditetapkan mengikut Akta / Peraturan /Prosidur yang sedia ada.

http://www.customs.gov.my/index.php/en/com...akan-ap-pelajar

This post has been edited by flowerbunkus: Sep 9 2011, 11:36 PM

Same tax... but you can still appeal for some "discount"... maybe not as high as before, but saving a few k is still worth it.

ohh..now i got it..nice2..so the price will not hike as the normal selling price in malaysia..ok ..thanks for the info

I wanna sell my RX8 2006 white from Brunei;currently in brunei too. is it possible to arrange export to Malaysia; if i have a potential buyer?

Whatever car coming in needs AP.... If I recalled correctly Personnel AP cannot be used for Brunei/Indonesia/Singapore/Thailand....

Ok, people, I got the latest pekeliling from MITI regarding importing cars to Malaysia for students/professionals dated 27 July 2011.

I'll upload the files later here but the gist for you to qualify to get AP is:

1. Kna apply AP sendiri-get the forms from MITI etc, go there in person. Cannot use agent anymore to apply. In fact illegal. I know first hand two people. One person kereta tak lepas kastam, the other one go to court sebab forge//palsu documents. The agent lepas tangan say not my fault. Spouse does not have AP rights. Only student studying has an AP even though the spouse does the driving. This is more relevant when the person studying is the wife and husband tag along. New addition to the 27th July ruling.

2. Ada lesen malaysia. No malaysian license BEFORE going overseas-forget it. You do not have AP to bring back a car-regardless you spend 5 years overseas. MITI reasoning cause if you don't have malaysian license, how come you can drive car when you go to release the car. New addition to the 27th July ruling.


3. Ada lesen at the country you are studying at SEPANJANG memiliki kereta di negara tersebut. Meaning, if you are in Egypt, or Japan, you need to have a Egypt, Japan driving license in order to qualify to get an AP. This is the NEW addition to the 27th July pekeliling. A lot of people who were planning to buy a car stuck at this part even though they can get country of studying/working license, it will still be less than 9 months. New addition to the 27th July ruling.


4. Proof insurance kenderaan tersebut 9 bulan seblum balik. Previously, a lot of Malaysians tipu by getting the car one week before going back and the car agent here will backdate the date of the car purchase. Does not work anymore. This one I know first hand friend bring back merc told to backdate to qualify the 9 months, then car kna compound with Customs. Customs allowed him to buy back the car at RM 400k. He bought the merc for £3k only. Langsung malu nak cakap kat kawan-kawan lain keta tak keluar and senyap-senyap gitu jer. This one OLD rule, but due to abuse, customs/MITI now work with the JPJ with the country where the car comes from. They will investigate on their side. They also know more about the car then you, so if wrecked car or half-cut car they will know. BTW, if your car is half-cut or chasis number does not match, they will rampas your car.

Failure to meet any of the four listed criteria means you do not qualify to have AP and the customs will are more than eager to impound your car.

** TAKE NOTE: Rayuan tak akan dilayan. Tiada wujud ruang untuk pelajar/professional rayu pasal kereta. This one very very OLD law in place. The customs do give you first dibs to buy back the car before being auctioned off, but the price customs will quote you is at at least 150-200% of the price of the NEW car in Malaysia. My friend brought back an 2001 C class, for £3k, got stuck customs say you can have your car but at RM400k!

The new laws are brought about because:
1. Students sell AP to car dealers. So to curb abuse. The person who was brought to court/caught in the act was a student in Japan. Sold AP to dealer, then dealer got in trouble at Port Klang, delaer lepas tangan so student being brought to court for his action. Case still ongoing. So if you have AP remember that you CANNOT sell it to a dealer nor can you BUY an AP from a person you know. If you son has AP want to gift to you, that is fine, but the he still needs to do all the donkey's work of securing the car.

2. The current government has no money. This is also the main reason why the new rules are in place. Individual AP lower rate compared to franchise AP. Governemnt needs to make money, so they will tax you a lot. BTW, if you have the March/August 2011 cukai kenderaan list-that list DOES NOT APPLY to individual AP's. It only applies to franchise AP's. Individual AP's up to customs official how much to charge. My friends kena this part. Got charged more!

Due to the new rulling, some car dealers in Malaysia have tremendous loss- buying student AP's just to find out that student does not have license to drive a car in the country where they are studying. More than 90% fall in this category. The rest don't even have Malaysian license to begin with-so jangan harap can drive.

If anyone has has questions regarding student AP, let me know. Few people I know who were planning to bring back the car now

Forgive my rojak language, I just decided to copy paste this summary and edit as I go.

lucky for me then caused I only had an International license instead of the country license while I was working over there