Quote Originally Posted by 525i winter driver
i'm certainly not buying or having a bidding war with another member - (having enough trouble affording the little one i have) - but i'm just curious what it costs to import a car from the states. i was under the impression you have to do it through a broker and there are costs on top of the broker fees and the gst/pst.

it costs you tax plus import duty - you don't need to use a broker, I do in order to save time sometimes, but it's a $50 dollar charge...Duty on German cars is around 6% if I remember correctly. It's an easy process, I imported my previous daily driver from the US.