We offer a bespoke service giving our customers unique access to buy from Japanese Car Auctions. Our customer first approach means that we aim to find you the best car possible for your money and will can take care of everything from discussing your budget and requirements through to delivering the car to you in the UK.

Although we deal mainly with European cars we can source anything from a Toyota Prius to a Skyline GTR as well.

Our process starts by discussing your needs and budget with you, we will then carry out some research on recent auction sales in Japan to confirm the specification and price we can aim for.

Once you are happy to go ahead we ask you to e-sign our terms of business (this is done online for convenience) and pay us a small deposit of £400 which can be made using credit or debit card.

We offer two levels of service. Our Basic service is designed for more experienced importers or customers willing to learn about the process themselves. We will assist you throughout the process of securing a car from auction in Japan and arrange shipping of your vehicle to a UK port. You will then be responsible for arranging customs clearance, paying import taxes, collection from port and getting the car road legal in the UK. The cost of our Basic package starts at £749 and the remaining £349 of our fee will be due once we have issued an invoice for shipping your vehicle.

Our Premium service includes everything in our Basic package plus: Arranging customs clearance through our agent and filing the relevant HMRC paperwork on arrival, collection from port and storage, arrangement of DVSA required tests (MOT and IVA if necessary, the actual cost of the tests themselves and any remedial work to pass are not included), speedometer conversion to MPH (labour included on some Audi and VW models, costs of parts are not) arranging for the vehicle to be serviced (service costs not included), filing of registration paperwork with the DVLA, 3-month age and mileage warranty provided by Warranty Assist. We also include Entertainment System and Radio conversion for specific Audi and VW models, please contact us for more information. Our Premium package starts at £1499. The remainder of our Premium service fee will be due before you arrange collection of your car from us.

The initial deposit is deducted from your service fee after we have secured a car, it is fully refundable anytime should we not find you a car. Our service fee includes the time taken to discuss your requirements with you, searching for cars, investigation of vehicles on request and placing the bids in Japan on your behalf.

We will require a full payment of the auction price and fees once we have purchased your vehicle in Japan so that we can arrange inland transport, de-registration and shipping, this payment will be required within 3 working days of notification that we have purchased your chosen vehicle. Late payments will be subject to a £150 surcharge.

At the point of purchase in Japan the £400 deposit will become non-refundable as this covers the time/cost of Cars from Japan Ltd in searching out vehicles and assisting as required in the process up to that point and also the costs of marketing the vehicle for sale in the UK as we will be forced to take ownership of the vehicle.

Cars From Japan LTD does not accept responsibility for and cannot guarantee the condition of vehicles purchased at Japanese Auctions.