Import Of Vits Rst

[chrisb]

does anyone have any information on importing one of theese?

or any info on the car at all?

iv only seen pics of 5dr is it available as 3dr?

im planning on investigating what the cost would be at a few nearby importers but would just like some background knowlege on the first!

thanks

CB

[jaxx]

3drs are available

a brand new i would have thought will cost you around 16k though

although they are nearly 3 years old and ive already seen one or two crop up on jap auctions for around 7k

so once its here youll be paying about 10k i would have thought???

try bonsai cars.com they may be able to help

[chrisb]

Cheers

iv just seen a 5dr rst that went for 5g 2002 25k km which i thought was cheap cheap

i think they were abit cheaper than 16k jdm!

it worked out that they would have to be circa 15g if they sold em in the uk!

and i found brand new YTS(jdm) for £9,700

Any idea on insurance gp.?import insurers!

any info would be great!

thanks!

(any news on the 1.8 yaris i read rumers(sp?) of on here?)CB

[jaxx]

well i think they are about 11,000 pounds for a Vitz RST

+Shipping (£500)

+SVA, plates etc (£500)

+Duty

+Vat

works out at £16,250

thats what you roughly pay for a spanking new RST

[RossP]

Chances are though that if he imports a second hand RS Turbo from Japan that it will already be partially modded, probably with engine mods. I know what the second hand Glanza V turbos are like when they get imported over here. So may end up saving a bit in the long run

[chrisb]

im not after a spanker, one with anything upto 30-40k miles will do nicely!

figure i can afford around 7-8 k!so will have to go an find out whether i can get anything suitable!

wish me luck!

CB

[jaxx]

cars under 10 years old must be unmodded in order to pass the SVA test

over here anyway :)

[chrisb]

i would rather it be stock as i imagine insurance(if i can get it) will be a pain in ***** as stock let alone additional mods!

would you imagine i would be able to find something around the 7-8 mark?

i know nothing of importing costs etc(other than prev. posts)

Thanks!

CB

[RossP]

cars under 10 years old must be unmodded in order to pass the SVA test

over here anyway :)

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That's a damn shame cos you should see some of the stuff we get over here. Engines are so modified you can't even tell what parts were the originals. I was gonna buy a Glanza V Turbo instead of my Yaris, the one i found had so many HKS mods on it, it was insane! But it was too powerful to be me first car so i gave it a miss...plus it was a good 3500 CY pounds more expensive!

[RossP]

i would rather it be stock as i imagine insurance(if i can get it) will be a pain in ***** as stock let alone additional mods!

would you imagine i would be able to find something around the 7-8 mark?

i know nothing of importing costs etc(other than prev. posts)

Thanks!

CB

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A Vitz RS Turbo for 7-8k? Doubt that one very much! Although it won't actually cos t you THAT much to buy the vehicle, your big problem is then shipping it over to UK, then customs etc etc etc hen it gets there. One of my mates bought a Subaru Impreza from Japan for 3,000 UK pounds. By the time he'd shipped it over, got it all checked over etc etc etc it was nearly 10,000 quid. It's better if you want to import one to go through an importer like jaxx mentioned before. You might also want to check Karma Import. They normally import Evo's, Impreza's, Civic & Integra Type R's but are well worth a shot! Importers will know ways to 'get around' customs a bit, and so car may become cheaper for you then. Also, by going through an importer, you'll save yourself a lot of hassle!

[chrisb]

It was just an avenue to look down!if it turns out to be too expensive ill give it a miss just gathering info!

does anyone have any info on the actual car!any links??

Thanks

CB

[RossP]

This is one of theclosest links i have found for the RS Turbo:

http://www.kanaji.com/vitz/vitz.htm

Note though that it is not entirely standard! Oh, and the site is in Japanese too But at least there are some pics on there of what the RS Turbo engine is like! I used to have the link for the RS turbo on the Japanese Toyota site, but i've had to format my PC recently and i've lost it! :ffs: :censor:

[seveer unaek]

Oooooh! I want one!

[jaxx]

im not i impressed with the top mounted 'interwarmer'

that would be the first thing to go!

[RossP]

im not i impressed with the top mounted 'interwarmer'

that would be the first thing to go!

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It's just like the standard one in a Glanza V turbo. Think it must be a Toyota thing to put it on top of the engine...Doesn't make any sense does it?

[RossP]

chrisb, here's some info about the RS Turbo

http://www.autoindex.org/model.plt?no=261&*****=#

Just select the bottom one, obviously!

And an intersting snippet of useless info for you; Did yo know that they Yaris is known as the 'Xiali Vizi ' in China? Hmmmmmmmm...

[jaxx]

leaf springs on the front! (according to the tech spec)

what is this! 1932!

ill think youll find its coilover macpherson struts!

[RossP]

leaf springs on the front! (according to the tech spec)

what is this! 1932!

ill think youll find its coilover macpherson struts!

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Lol, sounds more like it! Still he wanted some info on it, dunno how accurate it is (if at all by the sounds of it!), but it's till there!