hi bro,... wanna ask... if my sis now study at aus for few year ed... if she bought a car there... nex time when she move back to malaysia... how can she send the car back also ? need 300% tax also mea ?

So after reading this forum for almost 1 hour, can someone please answer this simple question: DOES IT MEAN IT IS NOT WORTH IT TO IMPORT CAR BACK FROM UK?


I keep planning to buy this Porsche Cayman, second hand is £20k, brand new is £40k. (exchange rate now is x5.2) It is a 2007 year model with 2.7 Liter

How much will the tax work out to bring this back to my beloved country of Malaysia? I am crap with numbers, please please help...

I am so sad now..... listen to my friend and thought got an AP in a lifetime means it will be cheap.

I got a 2004 RX 8 now, it is only 1.3 (bought it for £5k only, new one will be £18k), will this car be worth it to bring back Msia?

Thanks for your help.

This post has been edited by guyver88: Jan 31 2009, 06:36 PM

heard that coupe-car tax is higher. if 2004 model maybe around rm50k.

ur name 88 means u are 1988 year born ? and u are thinking of importing cayman and RX8 ?? wat job u do bro

Hi just thinking to bring back Mercedes C200K 2001 home in June2009, how much it'll be tax (student AP) from UK. And any recommend agent? (just want make it easy for me - no need to deal with typical malaysian corporate bureaucracy)....

Aiyaa no one reply to this one ke?

More or less that... could be slightly less tax, but your need probably at least rm5k more for transport..

Hi , im wanting to import a 1969 Chevrolet Corvette , which is quite old now lol , and it cost around RM 7k , but the shipment to Kelang port is 7 k also , so how much will Gov Tax me ? and anyone know how to do the registration ? do i nid 1 ? hmmmm NID help plz .... wuwuwu big factor after reading all those post.... sighed

after 40 years the tax will be miniscule compared to the shipping cost, the trouble is obtaining the AP (if you have not stayed overseas in the country that you are trying to import for at least 1 year) ...

AP for that country ? i tot AP is only for malaysia ? What is AP actually ? Blur**

"Approved Permit", a piece of paper that gives you the right to import things into Malaysia. There are people making straight profits just for selling these "Permits" that they essentially gotten for free, hence the "AP Kings".

However a Malaysia staying abroad (in a foreign country, does not apply to Singapore/Thai/Indonesia) for more than a year can qualify of a once-in-a-lifetime AP to import a car that he/she owned for more than 9 months (in that country).. In which you only need to pay for the application form of probably RM2.50.

Other than that, it will be hard for the ordinary public to obtain an AP to import vehicle.. The monopoly AP holders/individuals may charge tens-of-thousands RM to sell you an AP.

This post has been edited by BeastX: Feb 8 2009, 04:38 PM

http://www.kastamselangor.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=69

The AP info is correct..., but the tax calculation is way way out dated...... refer to my posts (#66) and calcom21's #188

This post has been edited by BeastX: Feb 8 2009, 09:22 PM

I need to bring in a car from SG to Malaysia as my sister no longer work in sg soon. She has a PR there and even nearly become a citizen. But now she wan to balik Msia already. Heard that it's quite troublesome to bring in sg car to malaysia.

I heard that sg car have no validity in Malaysia. So better that if she drive in Msia without convert to Msia plate. She will still pay insurance and road tax there. Is it adviseable and more economi to do that>?

I own a BMW 530d (Turbo diesel), apart from ALL the hassles of importing. I also wondered can this diesel engine car consume Malaysia diesel, any conversion or modification needed? since most diesel-powered vehicles in Malaysia are those heavy duty types, e.g. lorry, truck, van, bus ... even boat.

Engines that are tune to Euro 4 or 5 standard diesel, will be hard to run on Malaysian's barely Euro 2, diesel, most likely part to fail will be the pump and/or the diesel injectors, they need to be more robust, and not cheap to get/replace.

The new high torque Nissan Navara 4-cylinder 2.5L engine (4x4, dual-cab pick-up) beats your Euro 6-cylinder 3L's torque output.. but, loose to it in terms of bhp...

o.O based on the depretiation on post 188 this is my calculation.. i from Sydney btw..

just reached here.. plan to get a car.. and bring back to malaysia i'll be here for at least 2 years...its a 2.5L

say lexus is250 about high 50's and low 60s so we take 60k aud for ez counting
aud60k * 2.3 = Rm138,000

Rm138,000 - 24%=Rm104880

Rm104880 * 200* (for both duties) = RM314,640 b4 transport charges

note: I remember last time there is a rule for students driving their car in overseas for more then 1/2 years is eligible to bring back their vehicle for no tax/duties..?? does it still applies today?? judging by all the calculations and questions here it does not... the rule is abolished ?

Effective tax should be... 171.70%... for RM 180,078.96 (if the CIF value is priced at RM 104,880).. A 2 year old car value would have depreciated and bring the CIF value to a modest RM 50 to 60k... and be tax at about RM90 to 100k (with the current tax system, which may be revised in the coming 2 years)

This post has been edited by BeastX: Feb 14 2009, 09:06 AM

o.O.. so total i pay 285000 for the car.. if i wanna bring back.. hmm.. could be taken in consideration XD

Has anyone bring one back from UK? please share your experience.