One company, one site, the whole import
This site is run by My Car Import, from our own premises on Trent Lane in Castle Donington. The people who answer your quote are the same team that clears, tests and registers your car.
What we do ourselves
Most import firms pass a car between agents, garages and test centres. We keep it on one site. That means fewer handovers, fewer delays waiting on someone else, and one team who knows where your car is.
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Customs agents
Our own HMRC CDS customs agents declare the car and handle the duty and VAT.
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Unloading
Containers are unloaded at our own site, so the car is in our hands from the moment it leaves the port.
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Workshop
The speedo, the rear fog light and anything else the test needs are done by our own technicians.
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IVA lane
The first privately owned IVA testing centre for passenger vehicles in the UK, with tests every week.
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DVLA dealer account
Registration goes through our dealer-level account, usually in around 10 working days.
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Storage
Cars wait on our own site between stages, not in a third party compound.
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Delivery
Open or enclosed transport to your door when the car is ready.
Our own test lane changes the timeline
A car under ten years old needs an IVA test before it can be registered. Without a lane of your own, that usually means waiting for a slot elsewhere and transporting the car there and back.
We run IVA tests every week, here. If something needs attention, the workshop is on the same site, and the car can go straight back in.
New bakkies and old Benzes, side by side
With My Car Import's thirty-plus years of experience behind it, the team has seen most things a car can arrive with. A two-year-old Hilux and a 1980s W123 come through the same site, with the same care, by the route their age calls for.
Why a site just for South Africa
South African cars are different from most imports. They already drive on the left, so the work is lighter. But the export side has its own steps: police clearance, SARS, eNaTIS and a long trip to the port before the ship.
A general import site has to cover every country at once. This one covers one route, from collection anywhere in South Africa to shipping from Cape Town and on to UK plates, so the answers can be specific to you.
Behind it is the same company and the same site as mycarimport.co.uk. When you ask for a quote here, it goes to our sales team in Castle Donington.
Tell us about the car and we will price the whole import
Collection, shipping, customs, testing and registration, itemised in one quote. A person here writes it, and nothing is charged until you say go.
Ringing from South Africa? +44 1332 810442