a mate of mine in the UK just got a sweet deal on a 2011 range rover evoque 2.2 SD4 which is basically new as it has only done 25 delivery miles for 27 and a half thousand quid,the guy wants to ship the car to kenya in a few months, the shocker came in when i looked at the CRSP price in kenya which is 11m which i am assuming one would pay to whoever sells brand new range rovers in kenya these days. this got me wondering, if i wanted to buy an evoque and had 11m with me would i buy it here or import it brand new from UK? well i did some projections using my mates purchase above as an example and found out that on some luxury brands kenyans are utterly being ripped off, here goes;

brand new range rover evoque in kenya = 11,000,000

brand new evoque 2011 evoque in UK = £27500 = Ksh 3,712,500

taxes to be paid to KRA on import = 3,085,057 {using 2 yr depreciation rate}

lets put shipping and other associated costs at 500k

3,712,500+3,085,057+500,000=7,297,557

11,000,000-7,297,557=3,702,443

from the above we can see that one would save over Ksh 3m if you were to buy the car from the UK rather than walking into a local showroom and zooming off with one after parting with Ksh 11m

tropicalisation, after sale service

Honestly still too much risk...and I rem watching a documentary with startling figures on luxury car thefts in the UK.

Rem this gang

www.dailymail.co.uk/news...ercedes-cars-jailed.html

To digress a bit aint this the stuff movies are made from...

www.dailymail.co.uk/news...MPH-stolen-Audi-RS5.html

Travelling to UK does not make it safer.... Many of the stolen cars are cloned... even from dealers. ...

But agreed, there is a significant saving to be made if you do it right.

@vky,a good number of people who buy such cars ( except a few wannabes who fake it until they make it) are least concerned about the tag price. They go for the real deal at the dealers ( some of which they own substantial shares) which come with all the necessary local support. I once saw a guy pay a minor repair bill of around 1m on a car at a dealer's and wondered how on earth but later i got to know he owned a substantial share the dealership too. His private Co paid the 1 m bill ( tax deductible as business expense)and Income to his other Company ( Keeps KRA busy moving in circles as the billionaires chart the next scheme)

In short those with that kind of cash are ready " and too willing" to part with it at the dealers door.

Source?

If you walked into lookers or most Land Rover (or even Mercedes) appointed dealers, you are likely to be given a hard time should you mention that you intend to export in order to avoid VAT.
Some (all Mercedes-Benz) dealers get penalised for selling vehicle to be exported to countries where there are dealerships like DT Dobie...
It can be done if you with hold the information regarding export.

So the chance of being 'grifted' does exist when you deal with other traders.