Any car. Any country.
Any port.
Years trading history
Countries with our own offices
Retail sourcing markets
Destination markets served
Our values.
01
Trust
We earn it before we ask for anything in return. Every conversation, every car.
02
Reliability
When we say we'll call, we call. When we say it's ready, it's ready.
03
Transparency
No hidden fees, no small print. You see the price, the process and the people.
04
Commitment
It doesn't end at handover. We're in it for every mile after the sale.
05
Honesty
What the car needs, and what we'd choose ourselves. Advice over a quick sale.
06
Relationship
We remember your name and what matters to you. Not a transaction — a beginning.
What is Providence Auto?
Providence Auto is a global vehicle sourcing and export group. We buy, inspect and ship cars through our own offices in eight countries — Japan, the UK, the UAE, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka — to 21+ right-hand-drive and luxury left-hand-drive markets worldwide.
The problem is, buying a car still means settling.
Local lots only show what's already sitting on them. Going abroad looks like a maze of duty, paperwork and sellers you can't verify.
The spec you want isn't on the lot
Dealers stock what they could get, not what you want.
The price isn't the price
Duty, freight and registration costs show up after you've committed.
You can't verify a car eight time zones away
No one to inspect it. No one to answer for it.
We are not a marketplace, and not a broker network.
Providence Auto is the trading name of Providence Trading Limited. For 15+ years we've bought, inspected and shipped every car ourselves — through our own offices, never a chain of intermediaries who never see the vehicle.
Here's how it works — you request it, we source it, it ships.
Tell us the exact car — a full sourcing quote comes back in 24 hours. We buy it through our own office, verify it, and get it moving. Every import tracks the same way:
The difference is that an office beats an inbox.
Almost everything that goes wrong with a vehicle import goes wrong in the source country, thousands of miles from the buyer. So that's where we put our people.
Eight offices, not eight agents
Nothing is subcontracted to an exporter you never speak to.
Transparency before payment
You see the inspection before we spend your money.
One team, start to finish
A named consultant owns your import, start to finish — not a shared inbox.
One landed price
One number for the total cost, wherever the car comes from.
Our network is eight offices, forty-plus markets and twenty-one destinations.
Our own teams sit in eight countries and buy in many more. Every route below is a real shipping lane, not a claim — drag to spin it.
Where we source
- Japan
The world's deepest graded auction network — 100,000+ independently inspected cars a week.
- United Kingdom
Our founding office, and the source for British-built luxury, 4x4s and the deepest service-history records anywhere.
- UAE
The world's largest used-car re-export hub — low-mileage GCC-spec luxury, and a free-zone route to three continents.
- India
The world's third-largest car market, building global models at roughly 30% below the global average price.
- Thailand
The Detroit of Asia — the world's pickup capital, and the fastest-growing EV assembly base outside China.
- Australia
Utes and 4x4s built for the harshest conditions on earth — plus dry-climate bodies and a homegrown performance heritage.
- New Zealand
Ex-Japan stock already complied to one of the world's strictest entry standards — and one of our busiest destination markets.
- Sri Lanka
Our South Asia operations hub — and one of the most demanding import markets we serve, where the paperwork decides everything.
Where we deliver
Europe
Africa
Caribbean
Asia-Pacific
Buying a left-hand-drive luxury marque? See our LHD sourcing route.
The math that matters is one landed number, before you commit.
Duty, VAT, freight and registration differ on every lane. We work out the full landed cost first — not after you've paid. Here's a real one:
- Vehicle + auction fees£13,416
- Freight + insurance£1,336
- Import VAT 20%£2,950
- UK-side costs£1,000
Indicative. Duty and VAT are charged on the customs valuation basis, not the purchase price, and the rate depends on origin and the statement of origin held. Confirm against the UK Trade Tariff before committing to a purchase.
We protect your money by showing you the car before we spend it.
Independent inspection first
If a car doesn't match its grade, it doesn't ship. You aren't charged.
Payment held until verified
Funds are secured, not released, until the car checks out.
Door-to-door marine insurance
Covered from the source country to your door.
One named consultant
The same person, first message to customs clearance.
Powered by trust. Driven by value.
The line printed on the mat we lay in every car we handle.
We serve three kinds of buyer, through one network.
The network, by the numbers.
Years trading history
Countries with our own offices
Retail sourcing markets
Destination markets served
Dealer sourcing markets
To your first sourcing quote
Any car. Any country. Any port.
Tell us the car. A named consultant sends back the full landed cost — one number, before you commit.
Start your request