Matt Cardy Specialist Cars

American Imports is the ‘buzz phrase’ around the car industry in the UK and Europe at present due to two factors.

1. The exchange rate is €1.26 to UK £1.00

2. The exchange rate is $1.99 to UK £1.00

In layman’s terms it basically means that the once very affluent business of importing Right hand drive cars into the UK from Europe has taken a turn for the worst. Back in the ‘glory days’ of importing cars from Europe, early this century when the Euro to Pound exchange rate was hovering at €1.55 to €1.60 to the UK Pound. This allowed people to save a small fortune on cars, but unfortunately, those days are gone.

The market has turned and a lot of people are getting into the driving seat on the left hand side of their cars after importing from the USA and taking advantage of the massive savings on European favourites such as Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Range Rovers.

Many foreign makes and models are available, such as Toyota, Nissan, Kia, Hyundai and others, but with not such an attractive saving against the current UK prices.

Importing your new car from the US doesn’t have to be a hassle, Matt Cardy Specialist Cars makes the process as simple as possible for you. Once you have chosen your car, we take care of the shipping, SVA, Registration, Collection from port, UK and US Customs and Import Duty. The whole process should take no longer than 45 days, which is less than a typical factory order. For your protection, you pay the dealer direct, we just take care of the whole process from start to finish.

For more information, please have a look at our website at www.mattcardy.co.uk. If you have any questions, please contact us directly from our website.