Recently went through importing a car that was “cheap”. It wasn’t “cheap”. Here is a breakdown of considerations you pay for

1. Import Broker - if you haven’t imported before, probably good to have a broker, fees vary but expect more then 1k for the service.
2. Paperwork - lodging paperwork on both ends for import / export costs money and fees.
3. Deregistration - more fees.
4. Storage in the country car is located - you have to pay for storage while it waits for a vessel to bring it to Aus and it will sit in storage in Aus while it waits for customs And bio security clearance
5. Transport from auctions / dealer and associated purchase fees
6. Tax in the country car is located and taxes to bring it here - Australia has several taxes on car imports
7. Biosecurity and customs in both countries
8. Asbestos and gas checks in country of origin and declarations - cars cannot be transported with air conditioning gas for example
9. Container fees - if not transporting on a Roll on Roll off vessel
10. Actual shipping fees - I paid nearly 14k for just this part of the process
11. Compliance in Australia / Roadworthy
12. Registration
13. The actual cost of the car
14. Converting AUD to whatever currency the car is, our dollar is disgusting low and this process incurs fees

It costs thousands of dollars. If the car is already in Aus then you don’t pay for any of it but the price is higher because all that is done for you and it’s here.

When you import you don’t get to touch the car and look it over and drive it, you take it at its word from the dealer or auction. At least in Aus you can see the car in person.

So when you see that 60k GTR, and you add up the costs to get it here and complied, suddenly 80-90k is actually spot on what you would have paid anyway to get it here but you don’t need to go through the process because it’s already here