Process

Importing of your next car is as easy as 1 2 3

Seek

Get access to the online auction system and choose for your favourite car from thousands of vehicles auctioned daily in Japan.

Bid

We provide you full auction report translation about car condition via email before you confirm and place your bid online, then we bid and buy on your behalf and secure it for the best possible price.

Drive

From the end of auction day to having your car delivered to your home in NZ, we will take care of everything throughout the whole process.

How It Works

  1. Be familiar with our auction system
  2. Choose for your favourite car from thousands of vehicles auctioned daily in Japan
  3. Place your conditional bid online
  4. Get the auction report with the conditions of your chosen car via Email
  5. Confirm and then we will participate in the auction and bid up to your desiered bid amount
  6. If you won the auction, it takes 7 to 10 days to departure, and followed by 3 weeks to arrive in NZ after leaving Japan.
  7. You can then get your car after 2 weeks for it to go through NZ customs, MAF and compliance inspection.

Why Choose US

You choose your car. We do the rest.

  • We offer a full range of "After Sale" services including:
    • NZ GPS
    • Insurance
    • Warranty
    • More...
  • One off service charge, No hidden costs
  • Massive savings between $1000 to $8000
  • Have nothing to worry about - We cover the whole process both in Japan and New Zealand.
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About Us

Southern Car Importer was funded by Tom in year 2014 after a few years working as an used vehicle exporter in Japan. Tom and his team have great amount of knowledge about Japanese car auctions and auction car description when comes to importing cars on demand from Japanese car auction. It is simply our aim to open a window of possibilities which can now offer NZ public greater value on their vehicle purchase.

We are a proud South Island based company who has years of experience importing quality used vehicles into New Zealand. Our business partnership with compliance centers and shipping companies can benefit our customers with discounted rates on shipping and compliance costs.

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