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09/05/2008, 13:28 powerdesal Joined on 07/01/2006 Sharjah U.A.E Posts 2,008 Importing a car from anothe European Country (not UK) Has anyone any experience of buying a new car tax free in another European country (say Denmark) and then importing to France, paying the import duty of course. Is it viable, is there any saving? I have read recently that Denmark have an extreme level of car import tax, a figure of 180% was quoted which meant that manufacturers hold the pre-tax price as low as possible when selling there. The same article actually said that Finland is even more heavily taxed but thats a bit far to go. Steve Sharjah + 50 (in France) ........................................................................... Roll on death.....Demob is too far away.    Report

09/05/2008, 13:58 Pierre ZFP Joined on 12/11/2004 PdC(62)/Luxembourg Posts 1,649 Re: Importing a car from anothe European Country (not UK) What you propose is fine in theory but in practise unlikely to come off.  As I understand it (from a Danish work colleague) is that dealers will NOT sell to anyone without a Danish address (and therefore has to pay the high tax).  Yes I know this is against EU law, buying a car (for export) should be no different from buying a packet of crisps and if you find a way around it I would be most interested.  I assume the car companies have a lot of clout and the Danish government has no reason to pursue the EU law. My Danish colleague bouoght her last car in Luxembourg as overall it worked out a better deal. Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me Fool me 3 times and you can see a statistical tendency    Report

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