How many corrados in Australia?

[VeeDub]

How many corrados are there in Australia? I have two here in New Zealand (both 1990 16v) and am selling one, thought that selling in Australia might be an option. VW prices seem sky high over there? I wonder what a corrado would sell for over there?

Cheers
Tristan

[velly_16v_cab]

not many i dont think, there is a G60 and VR6 storm owners who post on here.
i love corrado's, i had a 16v one years ago back in the uk.

[OEM G60]

There is;
1 G60, mine
1 VR6 in Sydney
1 VR6 Storm in Adelaide
1 VR6/SLC in Queensland
1 G60 in Queensland
1 Corrado that is being converted to 24V in Queensland
A possibility of one running LPG in Queensland

As far as i know anyway.

If you were to sell yours here, expect to pay a fair bit for shipping, customs, compliance etc. That could cost up to $8000.

If i were you i'd advertise it and say that you'll do all the the shipping and paperwork etc if someone agreed to pay for all of that before shipping it here.

Wish i could afford it!!

Any pics ??

[Jarred]

I think someone was trying to sell one a fair while back, and he was asking about 20G's, which is probabl a fair price for such a rare car. i'm not sure what model it was though.

Probably wouldn't work out tooo great, just cause the shipping and compliancing costs so much.

[VeeDub]

Cheers for that Carpoid and others! Check out my 'vBPicGallery' for photos, unfortunately they are all old photos - Blue one now has Bilstein suspension with Jamex lowering springs, am still on the hunt for some 15" BBS RS rims for the blue one! Black one is for sale at the moment, but would consider selling the blue one at the right price! Will try and get some good pics up this weekend of both cars.

Tristan

[OEM G60]

That one has been sold now, its the VR6/SLC in Queensland.

Yeah it probably wouldn't work out to make a good profit out of selling the 16V over here after the costs, Tristan would also have to fly over here to sort out paperwork and compliance, and that can take a while sometimes.

[VR6 STORM]

Hi VeeDub,
I think Carpoid is right. There are only about 6 or 7 here. I bought mine over last year from the UK.

[Golf Loon]

Hey VeeDub are you allowed to line in Oz as a Kiwi? The easiest way would be to say yo want tolive in Oz and apply to bring a Corrado as a personal import. No restriction if you have owned it for a year. You could fly over and get it from the ship and get it complianced and registered, then sell it to one of many eager buyers over here

[VeeDub]

Hey VeeDub are you allowed to line in Oz as a Kiwi? The easiest way would be to say yo want tolive in Oz and apply to bring a Corrado as a personal import. No restriction if you have owned it for a year. You could fly over and get it from the ship and get it complianced and registered, then sell it to one of many eager buyers over here

Would this make it any cheaper? I got a quote yesterday (just the first company I came across so won't be the cheapest) but it was something like NZD$7k roughly before the car was registered in oz.

[Golf Loon]

Whats the breakdown of these costs?

[VeeDub]

Export charges in NZ $3335
Import charges in AUS $1433
Registration charges in AUS $1208
Total NZD $5976 - wasn't quite $7k

Here are some pics of my two, the black one is for sale in NZ at the moment, but I havn't owned it for over a year, so I could only export my blue one.. (sorry I don't have any better pics of the blue one at the mo!)

[DaveMack]

That black one is nice.

Dave

[dubai gti]

You'd cry about how cheap they are here in the Middle East...I have seen them as low as about $1500 !!

A few of my mates in the VW Club here have them, and one is currently doing a Audi 3.2V6 conversion to his.

But unfortunately, most 2nd hand cars are not looked after here, so the condition is usually pretty bad....

I was lucky to find my 2 door MkIV GTI from it's Original (Western ) owner .....................



Mark calling in from Dubai.

[Soundofav6]

You'd cry about how cheap they are here in the Middle East...I have seen them as low as about $1500 !!

A few of my mates in the VW Club here have them, and one is currently doing a Audi 3.2V6 conversion to his.

But unfortunately, most 2nd hand cars are not looked after here, so the condition is usually pretty bad....

I was lucky to find my 2 door MkIV GTI from it's Original (Western ) owner .....................



Mark calling in from Dubai.

I see youtube clips with guys in their Lambos and vegrons and other exotics flying down dead straight sandy roads in Dubai... seem like that all they can afford. NO wonder why corrados cost as much as a their dinner over there.

Anyways.... always love the Corrado.

[dubai gti]

believe me you've never seen so many supercars as there are here...however the realists like myself are here to earn the tax tax free income, and if I do indulge, I will bring back probably a 911 or something that I can keep LHD in Oz...in the meantime, I'm enjoying my $7k GTI turbo, about a third of what you'd pay back home, and it's a 2 door....maybe it could be a good track car...hmmm I wonder how many cars you can get in a 40ft container??