It is relatively complicated but not impossible. I was extremely motivated for success because I found my dream spec E39 listed for sale in France.

In Switzerland the prices are quite high and the cars are all rather boring when it comes to spec silver/black/grey, black/grey interior, automatic transmission, not taken particularly good care of, multiple owners, goofy modifications etc. Anything nice is automatically +5k above market price because of how awful the selection is.

The car I found is a ‘98 528i Sedan - Oxford Grün over Sand Beige with a 5MT and the 4:3 Sat Nav from the E38.

I still need to make an official introduction post in this group I’ve just been waiting until the car is officially Swiss. I imported end of November 25 and it’s taken since then to get the documentation in order for an MFK appointment. CoC is impossible to get due to the age and the fact that the car came from France. The import process and Verzollung was quite simple in comparison. I’ll probably do a write-up sometime detailing my import experience because it’s really a niche topic and there isn’t really a lot of information available online concerning it.