Japanese Imports in India ?!!?

Stunn-R · 8th October 2007, 09:44

Hi everyone,

I'm new to these forums and am from Sydney, Australia. I'm of Indian origin but I have lived in Sydney for the best part of my 21 year old life

Anyhow, was browsing and came across so many very very nice cars in India, and was wondering if Nissan Skylines, 200sx, Evo's, WRX's are all cars that are sold in India or are seen often...

If people import them privately, what kind of money do they actually go for? Just wanted to see if they were available, and some pics as I was quite curious as the last time I went to India was a good 5-6 years ago and didnt see any then :(

So basically some pics of some nice jap imports in India would be great,

and if you want to learn more about me, be sure to visit the intro thread that i made
(http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/introd...veryone.html):)

cheers,

- Rohan

speedy · 8th October 2007, 11:34

hi stunn-r welcome to t-bhp and hope you have a wonderful time here.
if you go through the threads you will find most of the japanese cars that are in india.

paras211 · 8th October 2007, 12:01

the ones that you can buy in india from the company are all economy cars no real performance oriented 8k redline cars

liv2drv · 8th October 2007, 15:38

cars cost 116-117% to import here. So if you add a few more % to that... that is what they go for. A car has to be at least $40,000 before it can be imported into India. Thats why you dont see that many jap imports. PPl rather spent their money on BLING!

dinar · 8th October 2007, 22:12

hey welcome to TBHP...jap imports...let me think...there are some evos,wrx,skyline.... but the price for these is ....skyhigh for average indian so ,and if one wants to get something as privet import it has to be US$ 40grand and above , so homologation is not required, or one has to spent some more and wait for year or more after importing to get homologation for the car...

laservisor · 10th October 2007, 14:22

A minimum price of $40K to import a car??! Now, I wonder why Indian lawmakers would want to have a rule like that and what lobbies forced it upon them

I'd like to buy a Prius or a hybrid Honda Civic, for instance, but it looks like that's going to be an impossible proposition under these protectionist rules.

8th October 2007, 09:44	#1
Stunn-R Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 15 Thanked: 12 Times	Japanese Imports in India ?!!? Hi everyone, I'm new to these forums and am from Sydney, Australia. I'm of Indian origin but I have lived in Sydney for the best part of my 21 year old life Anyhow, was browsing and came across so many very very nice cars in India, and was wondering if Nissan Skylines, 200sx, Evo's, WRX's are all cars that are sold in India or are seen often... If people import them privately, what kind of money do they actually go for? Just wanted to see if they were available, and some pics as I was quite curious as the last time I went to India was a good 5-6 years ago and didnt see any then :( So basically some pics of some nice jap imports in India would be great, and if you want to learn more about me, be sure to visit the intro thread that i made (http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/introd...veryone.html):) cheers, - Rohan Last edited by Stunn-R : 8th October 2007 at 09:55.
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8th October 2007, 11:34	#2
speedy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mumbai Meri Jaan Posts: 6,197 Thanked: 1,023 Times View My Garage	hi stunn-r welcome to t-bhp and hope you have a wonderful time here. if you go through the threads you will find most of the japanese cars that are in india.
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8th October 2007, 12:01	#3
paras211 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: mumbai Posts: 646 Thanked: 108 Times View My Garage	the ones that you can buy in india from the company are all economy cars no real performance oriented 8k redline cars
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8th October 2007, 15:38	#4
liv2drv BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Delh Posts: 494 Thanked: 89 Times	cars cost 116-117% to import here. So if you add a few more % to that... that is what they go for. A car has to be at least $40,000 before it can be imported into India. Thats why you dont see that many jap imports. PPl rather spent their money on BLING! Last edited by liv2drv : 8th October 2007 at 15:39.
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8th October 2007, 22:12	#5
dinar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: goa Posts: 1,066 Thanked: 57 Times	hey welcome to TBHP...jap imports...let me think...there are some evos,wrx,skyline.... but the price for these is ....skyhigh for average indian so ,and if one wants to get something as privet import it has to be US$ 40grand and above , so homologation is not required, or one has to spent some more and wait for year or more after importing to get homologation for the car...
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10th October 2007, 14:22	#6
laservisor Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 2 Thanked: 0 Times	A minimum price of $40K to import a car??! Now, I wonder why Indian lawmakers would want to have a rule like that and what lobbies forced it upon them I'd like to buy a Prius or a hybrid Honda Civic, for instance, but it looks like that's going to be an impossible proposition under these protectionist rules.
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