Which country should I import my car from?

Import cars from seven countries, through our own teams

You can import a car from the UK, Japan, the UAE, India, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand, with our own people in each one to find it, inspect it before your money moves and ship it to your port — on one all-in landed price quoted before you commit.

A classic Toyota Land Cruiser in a desert landscape

Japan

Graded auctions, a translated auction sheet on every car, right-hand drive.

Import cars from Japan

A white Honda Jazz Crosstar parked on a London street, number plate removed

United Kingdom

Right-hand-drive cars with a public MOT and mileage history.

Import cars from the UK

A white Toyota Land Cruiser 300, number plate removed

UAE

Low-mileage, left-hand-drive GCC-spec cars, shipped from Jebel Ali.

Import cars from the UAE

India

India-built cars through the dealer network, with left-hand-drive export variants of many models.

Import cars from India

A grey Toyota Hilux double-cab, number plate removed

Thailand

New and used pickups and SUVs from where they are built, right-hand drive.

Import cars from Thailand

A Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series single-cab pickup, number plate removed

Australia

Right-hand-drive utes and 4x4s, PPSR-checked before purchase.

Import cars from Australia

New Zealand

Right-hand-drive ex-Japan cars already through New Zealand entry certification.

Import cars from New Zealand

Which country should you import your car from?

Start from your own country's rules, then compare landed cost. Drive side and age limits rule some sources out; freight distance, duty and the car's price at source decide the rest. Tell us the car and we compare every country that can supply it, then quote the cheapest landed price.

The seven countries you can import cars from, compared
Country	Drive side	Export ports	Typical sea transit
Japan	Right-hand drive, plus factory left-hand-drive premium models	Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Hakata	Roughly 3–5 weeks to East Africa, 4–6 to South Asia, 6–8 to Europe and Australasia
United Kingdom	Right-hand drive	Southampton, Tilbury	Days to Ireland and Europe, roughly 3–6 weeks further afield
UAE	Left-hand drive, GCC specification	Jebel Ali, Port Rashid, Khalifa Port	Roughly 1–2 weeks to South Asia and East Africa, 3–5 weeks further afield
India	Right-hand drive, with left-hand-drive export variants of many models	Mumbai (Nhava Sheva), Chennai, Mundra, Kolkata	Roughly 2–3 weeks to the Gulf and Sri Lanka, 3–5 weeks to Africa, 5–7 weeks to Europe
Thailand	Right-hand drive	Laem Chabang, Bangkok	Roughly 1–3 weeks across Asia, 3–5 weeks to Africa and Oceania
Australia	Right-hand drive, built to Australian Design Rules	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle, Adelaide	Roughly 2–4 weeks across Oceania, 4–7 weeks to Africa and Europe
New Zealand	Right-hand drive	Auckland, Tauranga, Lyttelton	Roughly 2–3 weeks to Australia and the Pacific, 5–8 weeks further afield

People on the ground beat 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 is where we put our people.

Seven countries, not seven agents

Every country on this page has Providence staff in it. They find the car, inspect it, file the export paperwork and load the vessel. Nothing is subcontracted to an exporter you never speak to.

We source far beyond them

These seven countries are where we buy, with our own people on the ground. We source across many more markets than these, and we add new ones as the volume justifies it.

One team handles your car all the way to your port

The team that buys your vehicle stays with it. Inspection reports, photographs and shipping milestones come from the people who physically handled it.

One landed price, wherever it comes from

We compare the total landed cost across our source countries for the specification you want, then buy where it lands cheapest — and quote you a single all-in figure before you commit.

Not sure which country is the cheapest to source from?

Tell us the car. We will compare the landed cost from every country that can supply it and come back with one all-in figure — before you commit anything.

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