babinfamily

[quote]We brought our 2003 Toyota Echo over from Los Angeles earlier this year. It fit into the container with our household goods, so the total cost for bringing it was $600, the cost of a 40 foot versus a...[/quote] what shipping company did you use for you car and household goods? my husband has been quoted $2500 to ship our things! my husband is french so would he also qualify for the duty exemption? what does he need to do for this? your experience gives me hope, but we are trying to get as informed as possible before we leave so that we can plan financially and avoid unpleasant surprises. we still may decide not to take our vehicle depending on what information we gather, but if you could help me out with the the two above questions, that would really help.  

[quote]The importer is : Automobiles Hyundai France 1, Avenue du Fief ZA Les Béthunes

[quote]We brought our Toyota Echo with us when we moved (negligible cost, it fit into the container with our household goods). Since we're re-patriated French citizens, we did not have to pay any tax on it....[/quote] I am just wondering how much it cost you in the end to make all the changes that you mentioned? We have a Hyundai Elantra that we would like to import into France from the U.S. and we would like to know how much those types of changes cost in order to make a decision about whether or not to take the car. We will be living in Paris so come Monday I will call the prefecture as well as Hyundai to try to get a better picture of what we can expect but any other information you can provide would be helpful.

we have a 2005 hyundai elantra. does anyone have specific information about this car? is there a manufacturer in france? or do i have to contact the manufacturer in korea? we would just sell the car, but because we just bought it and still owe quite a bit we are deciding between the worse of two evils. i think it's going to cost us a lot of money either way, but we are just trying to decide which way will play the most in our favor. thanks for the information that has been posted thus far. it has been helpful.

has anyone taken a vehicle from the u.s. to france? how much is the customs duty? how much will it cost to have our odometer converted? is it mandatory to have this conversion done? we are moving to france at the beginning of january and need to have specific information so that we can decide whether or n ot to take our car. thanks!

has anyone taken a vehicle from the u.s. to france? how much is the customs duty? how much will it cost to have our odometer converted? is it mandatory to have this conversion done? we are moving to france at the beginning of january and need to have specific information so that we can decide whether or n ot to take our car. thanks!

has anyone taken a vehicle from the u.s. to france? how much is the customs duty? how much will it cost to have our odometer converted? is it mandatory to have this conversion done? we are moving to france at the beginning of january and need to have specific information so that we can decide whether or n ot to take our car. thanks!