Sigh... Was looking so hard for this information earlier on when I was planning to buy a car overseas while I was still there...

Guess I'm waaaaay too late now and it costs waaaaaay too much and waaaaaay not worthwhile to bring nice cars into Msia... Maintenance, tax, wonderful ROADS in MSia will juz spoil the cool ride.

BTW, very good piece of info and thanks for taking the time to contribute

Oo..i see..ur definitely right,if not it'd be tax free
My bad,i'm not so good @maths
now sure looks much..
better save more $$ from now..

how about importing from Langkawi?

Same tax... but there will be no need AP

naza can help u for an additional rm30-40k depending on type of cars. if u have your own AP, it's gonna be cheaper.

Information from people in UK said the car is under your posession for 9 months only? anyone know about this?

This post has been edited by bitterbutter: Nov 27 2007, 05:05 PM

Yes.. Stay in the country for more than a year and own the vehicle for more than 9 months...

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Added on November 28, 2007, 7:30 amSame tax applies... AP most likely not..

This post has been edited by BeastX: Nov 28 2007, 07:30 AM

hmm if i want buy car from japan...i buy for her 1st then let my sister use for her study and after 4-5 years she give back that car to me...how?must have tax also?can calculate about it for me?

By that time tax would likely have cahnged... as of now..

4th year .. 65.61%
5th year .. 59.049%
6th year .. 30%

Japan made car have 25% off initially... So lets say a 2L, 6 year old car for RM X...

Amount taxed = (0.75)(0.30)(1.20) X = 0.27X, or 27% of RM X, the intial purchase price of car.

Cars in Japan over 3 yo need to pay shaken that is good for 2 years.. this may range from RM 3 to 4k or more...

This post has been edited by BeastX: Nov 29 2007, 05:16 PM

so isit worth it to buy cars like from brunei and bring back to malaysia? after adding all the taxes ? or better to get it in malaysia ?

The most worth for your hard earn cash now/minimal tax, would be ... for a good quality 2nd hand over 6yo cars, There is also a problem of AP... but (as of now) each citizen is entitled once in a life time AP if you stay more than a year abroad..... that is normal citizens.. not the undertable, underdeclared, unethetical, abuse of rights, AP kings

This post has been edited by BeastX: Dec 1 2007, 05:20 PM

hmm i dun really understand..so means the example for the 7 series right...u import back the car and buy in Msia also about the same price...

how long will this gonna last.
im tired of seeing those fcuking ugly malaysian cars. i wanna see more merc, bimmer, audi, porsche, lambo, ferrari but no potong and perodua
i guess if no those duties then maybe got huge increase of supercars OTR

i got friend which study in uk.. he planned to buy a perodua or proton car since it will be tax free.

but how much is the transportation fee from uk to malaysia? anyone know?? will it cost more than rm1ok?

what is the detail condition to qualify for a student AP? i hv a fren studying in uk currently for over 2.5 years...

The vehicle has to be under his name, totaly transfered for 9 months.. and he stayed more than a year (which he did)

This post has been edited by BeastX: Dec 20 2007, 02:08 PM

For Malaysian Citizens who are coming down to reside permanantly in malaysia

http://www.mohr.gov.my/index.php?option=co...=140&Itemid=231

malaysia shouldn't protect their local cars. Look at Myvvi for instance? Does it look like a car that cost 50,000? I think if you put this car in international market people would rather chip more for a used mini cooper (new version).

If the government did not protect the local car market I think that proton would be forced to improve their cars due to competitors and this would be a very good option. Look at now and the future? Proton is still selling new cars the age of mine, this really upsets me.

And for what I think Perdana V6 should just be priced less then rm40k. The CRV high spec in the USA is just about $25k USD which after conversion is less then a new perdana. And not to forget the CRV is a jap car not local there.

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Added on December 24, 2007, 4:39 pmUnlikely they will ever get their citizenships unless they covert to Muslim. There are so many stories that foreign citizens try so hard to get their PR here.

This post has been edited by BB88: Dec 24 2007, 04:39 PM

This it true as i am one of them who is bringing back my car (toyota celica) from london. U have to to have proof of being in UK for 1 year as for me studying there for 1 1/2year i sufficient and must possess the car for at least 9 month....

The transport for mine cost 600pound at Uk port and additional RM1000 at msia port( as far as my i know and what i had to pay ) just last month

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however my car is still in the shipping process by the way

This post has been edited by ir1z: Dec 25 2007, 09:53 AM

Hi BeastX, how do we determine in which year is the car in? Eg. the car is produced in Dec 1, 2000, can I declare is at its 2nd year at Jan 1 2001 (which in fact is only 1 month old) or at its 3rd year Jan 1 2002?

If the above is true, isn't it always feasible to import car in Jan than in Dec.?

Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.