Welcome to the Worlds greatest Classic Car and Sports Car directory.
Special cars from specialist car dealers, auto auctions and museums are featured here from all over the World, from Australia to the U.S.A. all over Europe the United Kingdom the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Japan, etc.
Where ever we can find a web site that deals only in the very best automobiles we will link to them for free.Here you will find the greatest Marques the World has ever seen, the finest cars, the rarest cars, the fastest cars, from classics to brand new prestige cars.You are welcome to peruse the links at your leisure, we feature only very special Automobiles there are no private vehicle sales on this web site although some of the dealer links may carry private sale advertisements on their sites.
If you are thinking of importing a vehicle from some other Country, please click the other pages on this site important information for your protection is contained there.On this site you can visit dealer web sites who feature Stunning examples of fine Automobiles. Visit the manufacturers web sites, pick a Country, pick a location. There are brokers featured here who specialise in all aspects of finding the very rare and hard to find cars, there are auto transport shipping companies who can arrange every detail of buying a classic car from any where in the World, and having it delivered to your door, no matter where the car maybe located or where you are in the World.
They can arrange for independent inspections of vehicles, insurance and storage. or you can negotiate direct with any dealer listed on this web site. Don't let the location of the car stop you from pursuing your dream car, the world is not such a big place when it comes to finding that elusive very special car.We are featuring links to dealers in the United States, Canada, Britain, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, many Countries in Europe and even the Middle East and Asia, you might be surprised to see what there is for sale in say Barain United Arab Emirates etc.
Manufacturers Links are featured first on the links page, then its anything goes we add them as we find them, any classic car dealer is welcome to list your site here. We do not accept private sale car links, but if you think that we have missed a dealer or auction some where that you would like to see listed on this web site then please contact our webmaster on the email below.
This is a free service no charge for dealer links, so if you want your dealership listed just contact us. Please be advised that we only list dealers who specialise in the type of cars that we have mentioned before.
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Importing a new or used classic or prestige car from outside of your Country can save you many thousands of dollars compared to your domestic market in many instances. This depends for the most part on the value of the currency of your Country, an example is the United States dollar, the Euro dollar, the British Pound for instance if you find a car in say Australia at the moment one U.S dollar equals 2 Australian dollars, making a $25K Au dollar car to cost approx $12.500 U.S dollars.
Take note that all Sea shipping container freight is quoted in U.S. dollars in most cases, make sure that if you consider this option that you have done your home work on the dollar conversion rates at the time the money is transferred.
There are a few very reputable brokers listed on this site who will carry out these tasks for you if required, for a fee of course.
Or you can deal direct with dealers yourself, many dealers will carry out all of the necessary paper work and shipping delivery for you, just ask them, some will even pay for a flight for you to view and inspect the vehicle but make sure that you have all of the T's crossed and the i's dotted before you accept such a deal.
If you contemplating a self import make sure that you have checked out your Countries import taxes duties and customs clearance regulations.Some countries have prohibited import status on many new vehicles,and very large taxes on the importation of cars.Consult your Goverment agencies before you attempt to proceed to import a car yourself, hire a professional agent is useually advisable.Big savings can turn into big loses if you do not carry out an in depth study.
With a local purchase you are not going to have these worries, but a professional broker may still be advisable if the prospective vehicle is in another State or at some distance away from you that makes it difficult to carry out the inspection yourself.
In any case all prospective purchases should be checked out for mechanical and body defects by a specialist before you proceed with the purchase of such a car, the cost is minimal compared with the possible investment that you maybe contemplating.
There are many places in the World where you can find a bargain priced investment quality car, take Japan for instance, you can buy off a dealer or you can have a specialist broker purchase a car for you from any one of many auctions carried out each Day in Japan. Some 6000 cars are auctioned on a daily bases in thoughout Japan, some are for the local market a great many are for the export market, there are domestic japanese car auctions and foreign import car auctions. Broker exporters are available to attend most of these auctions, shipping agents are on hand with a simple phone call or email.
Hong Kong is another Country where there are an abundance of Classic cars Sports cars and Prestige vehicles, the prices are very much cheaper than the most Western Countries and shipping is not a problem from Hong Kong.
On our links page we have listed a number of Hong Kong dealers who specialise in this class of car, a car can be exported to any County in the World no different to any other freight in most cases easier as the vehicle just drives into a container at the port of despatch and drives off at the Country of destination.
Gray Market Cars
This is a sometimes dangerous area extreme caution and due diligence should be applied if you are considering importing a new or used car into the United States and many other Countries as well.
These cars were built for sale and use outside of the US. and do not meet US. Department of Transportation or Environmental Protection Agency Safety and Emissions regulations.
They can be made legal, but the conversion must be performed by an Independent Commercial Importer (ICI) a privately imported car requires sign off's from 3 Federal Agencies: the DOT, the EPA, and Customs.
If you are buying an import already in the Country demand the DOT form HS7 and the EPA form 3250-1, the ICI must warrant the car's emission systems, and make sure that you have the original (not photo copy) record of Import duties and Taxes paid.
There can be other possible problems with gray market cars, the Authorised dealerships may not honor the warranty or service
Many hard to get new cars such Ferrari have a long waiting list for orders, up to 2 Years for some models.
You can the buy what is termed a Flip car if you cannot wait for your delivery, a flip car is a car that has been acquired by a previous order and is immediately put up for re-sale at a premium price.
Flip cars can be sold for as much as 70% over the sticker price, Spiders have been known to be sold for as much as $270.000 range that's $90.000 over retail price.
Place your orders early and get on the order list no matter how long the dealer says the list is, you can avoid the frustrations of having to buy a Flip car.
Of course if 90K does not matter and you just have to have one here and now then go for it.