Hi all,
I am european resident living in UAE, Ras Al Khaimah, since very recently and to be honest I am having quite some interesting time whenever I need to do something with government related topics, like any kind of licence and such.. This forum helped real a lot for many issues.
Anyway, now I am in need to buy a car. Specifically I want to have a BMW X5, minimum year 2007 (much nicer design started that year).
After some searches I saw that they are cheapest in USA, even when simply looking in ebay there.
In example just today I found few of them in USA which I could get for about 35000 US$, while in UAE I cannot get it under 150000 AED which is considerably more.
I am aware that 5% custom must be paid, and that I would have to bear some transportation cost.
I also heard that perhaps us/european cars can't stand the heat, but I ignore this warning.
now of course the problematic part:
1. how can I get the car imported here from there if I simply buy it in example over ebay? especially considering that I am from Europe
2. From legal point of view to register it, it shouldn't be a problem due to any special US specifications or something?
3. how about importing a diesel? I know there are very limited number of pumps but how about technical registration process and insurance of the car?
4. or best question probably is: is there any company in UAE I can pay to take care of all transportation, custom import and registration process? Something like they buy the car and import and register it under my name for a fee or something similar?
many thanks in advance for any help, much appreciated...
I am european resident living in UAE, Ras Al Khaimah, since very recently and to be honest I am having quite some interesting time whenever I need to do something with government related topics, like any kind of licence and such.. This forum helped real a lot for many issues.
Anyway, now I am in need to buy a car. Specifically I want to have a BMW X5, minimum year 2007 (much nicer design started that year).
After some searches I saw that they are cheapest in USA, even when simply looking in ebay there.
In example just today I found few of them in USA which I could get for about 35000 US$, while in UAE I cannot get it under 150000 AED which is considerably more.
I am aware that 5% custom must be paid, and that I would have to bear some transportation cost.
I also heard that perhaps us/european cars can't stand the heat, but I ignore this warning.
now of course the problematic part:
1. how can I get the car imported here from there if I simply buy it in example over ebay? especially considering that I am from Europe
2. From legal point of view to register it, it shouldn't be a problem due to any special US specifications or something?
3. how about importing a diesel? I know there are very limited number of pumps but how about technical registration process and insurance of the car?
4. or best question probably is: is there any company in UAE I can pay to take care of all transportation, custom import and registration process? Something like they buy the car and import and register it under my name for a fee or something similar?
many thanks in advance for any help, much appreciated...