Why do you want to buy a car in Germany?

If you want to buy a car in Germany, points 1-3 are the same.

The difference can start at with:

4 - You call the dealer.

- If he hears that you are from outside Germany, he might tell you he cannot sell to you. For many car dealers it is too much work to sell NET.

- If you tell him, you live outside of the EU, your chances to get this car might even get smaller or you get an Export Price that is much higher than the price in the internet.

- If you call a licensed Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Land Rover…. or any other brand dealer, he will tell you he cannot sell to you. They are not allowed to sell to anyone outside of Germany. Even German car-dealers cannot buy from them. Only if the car is older than a year, he might sell to you.

If the car dealer wants or can sell to you and you can agree with the price,

5 – you go there.

If you come from an EU country, it might be a possibility.

- Take 2-3 days off from work and come here.

- Bus, train or ask a friend/family to drive with you. If you have a car-trailer, take it.

- Go there and check the car.

- Pay it (if you have a VAT number – maybe net - you still might to pay 19% VAT deposit, if not, with 19% VAT deposit), and get export plates or put it on your trailer.

- Drive the car home.

- If you paid 19% VAT deposit, try to get it back from your car dealer.

If you come from outside of the EU, the Middle East, Egypt, China, or any country far away, it might be more difficult and more expensive.

- fly here

- take a hotel

- go to the car dealer, hope he still has the car.

- check the car

- make a contract, pay him with 19% VAT deposit

- order a car transport

- order a ship

- wait for the transporter, to be sure it gets loaded (1-2 weeks)

- fly home

- Try to get it back from your car dealer.

Or, (not a good idea) don´t fly here.

- Believe the car dealer.

- Buy the car without seeing it.

- Send the money. (+19% VAT deposit)

- Order a transport.

- Hope, you really bought a car and not just a picture. The car gets loaded and shipped to you.

- After your car has, hopefully, arrived in your country, get the necessary documents and send them to the car dealer to get your VAT deposit back. If he does not repay you, inquire with the German tax department to get a refund. It takes several months, in best case.

If you are a professional car dealer and you have a lot experience about buying a car in the EU you might not need us.

You know, what you have to do and when to be careful and how to make sure to get it.

Still, a lot of professional car-dealers use our service.

Why?

- Because, some cars they cannot get but we can buy for them.

- Because, they want an evaluation of the car and order a car check from us.

- Because, they want security with financial transfers.

Other services

Car Service

-         If you want that the car gets a service at a manufacturer service center before shipment,

we have to bring the car, in most cases, to Munich first. That means, additional transport costs.

We will make an appointment at the service center and bring the car there. (please see price list)

These cost have to be paid separately before.

-         If you want changes, add-ons to your car. (new rims, different navi, adding protective foil on the car or darkening of windows…) Please check the net, where to buy these parts and order them and send them to us. We will make an appointment with a garage to mount these parts. The cost for the parts and the garage, have to be paid separately before.

-         Please be aware; To get an appointment for service or adding items to your car, can take up to 12 weeks.

-         Changes to your car can only be done if they are according to German road regulations. (example: darkening of windows only allowed for rear windows.)

-         We will try to help you in every way we can. Ask us.

EUR1

If you need EUR1 document for your country when importing a car!

We cannot provide EUR1.

Only the manufacturer can issue EUR1 but will not do that for new cars and only sometimes for used cars older than 1 year.

It takes a long time to finally get it and is very expensive.

In this time the car would have to be stored in Germany and cannot be shipped.

We can store the car in our company and offer a financing service of 0,25%/week. (1%/month) That means you pay the car in full only before loading.

You can also, pay the car in full after we buy it for you and transport the car to the harbor and store it there. The harbor has a price per day for storage.

Problems with English language.

If you cannot speak English or not good enough to speak to car-dealers.

If you have a friend that speaks English ask him to call the car-dealer or write us.

Contact us, use Google translate and tell us what you need.

For a fee 200 EUR, we can search for a car for you, talk to the dealer, negotiate. See below.

Search a car for you

We can search for a car for you. It is very time intensive.

For a deposit of 200 EUR, please pay in advance.

-         We will search for you.

-         We will invest max. 8 hours searching.

-         We will search and give you 3 offers.

-         If we cannot find a car, because it is very rare or not available you pay nothing.

-         If you do not like the offers, we send you, you can request for additional search time for a fee/hour.

-         If we find a car you like and you buy it, 200 EUR, will be subtracted from our 3% fee (example fee 1500 – 200 = 1300)

-         If you wanted more time and finally, we find a car you like, only the 200EUR will be subtracted because it is a lot extra work for us.

-         If we send you offers, but you cannot decide or change your mind. The 200 EUR are for the work we already did for you.

Payment

VAT in Germany

If you live in the EU, please check this link

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/cars/vat-buying-selling-cars/index_de.htm#buying

If you are from outside of the EU

All, private people and companies, can buy a car net in Germany.

You will have to pay import tax in your country and your local tax.

Downpayment

In some cases, we might ask for a downpayment.

The downpayment will be subtracted from your final payment.

Please inquire if it is necessary for your car.

VAT deposit, 10% or 19%?

VAT deposit, is a security for the seller, in case he sells the car net to you, that you really export the car.

Normally if you buy a car in Germany, you pay the net price + 19% VAT. Usually, you can apply to get the 19% back as soon as you can prove the car was exported and has arrived in your country.

If the seller cannot prove to the tax department, that the car was exported, because he did not receive the required documents from the buyer, he (the seller) has to pay the 19% VAT to the German tax department.

We only ask, in most cases, for 10% deposit and repay you quickly after we have received the required documents.

In some cases, we have to ask for 19%, that we will pay back quickly as soon as the documents arrive.

If you have a company, outside of the EU

-         Your company is older than 3 years since registration – VAT deposit 10%

-         Your company is younger than 3 years – VAT deposit 19%

-         If you are a private person outside of the EU – your VAT deposit is 19%

-         If you or your company is in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan – VAT dep. 19%

If you live or your company is based in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,

please be aware:

Due to export restrictions to these countries, there is a special export requirement.

You will need an End-User-Certificate.

Private buyers and companies have to prove and guarantee, that the car they buy in the EU, will stay in your country and cannot be sold to another country.

If you live or your company is based in Russia or Belarus

By law, we are not allowed to serve you at the moment, sorry.

Final payment

Has to be done, latest before the car is loaded on the car-transporter.

Only when we have received the full payment, can the car be loaded.

The driver of the transport company can guaranty that the car is there and ready for you.

Payment is via bank transfer, not cash.

Depending on your bank, it can take several days. Swift transfer is faster. Please speak to your bank.

If we did not receive the full amount, (net price + VAT deposit + 3% service fee) the car-transporter has to be sent away empty.

You have to order a new transport and pay the company again! You might miss your ship as well.

You will need export documents.

Your Shipping company can issue them for you or we can organize them. Cost 250 EUR

Our service fee is 3% of the net car price or 1.500 EUR, if car price under 50.000 EUR net.