Tell us the car.
We will go and get it.
Around thirty thousand cars cross the block at Japanese auction every week. Somewhere in there is the exact specification you have been holding out for. We find it, inspect it, buy it and bring it home — for a fee agreed before we start.
Is it legal to import?
Both rules run from the month a car was built, not its model year. Enter the build date and see both markets at once.
Eligible now
Cleared the 25-year rule in May 2024.
Eligible now
Cleared the 15-year rule in May 2014.
The United States exempts vehicles 25 years old from FMVSS and EPA requirements; Canada exempts vehicles 15 years old from the RIV programme. Both are measured from the month of manufacture. This is general guidance, not customs advice — confirm with CBP or CBSA before committing to a purchase.
What will it cost, delivered?
Move the slider to a hammer price and see the full landed cost, every line itemised — including our fee.
- Vehicle — auction hammer price
- $38,400
- Auction fees and inland transport in Japan
- $1,200
- Kaizen Corsa sourcing fee
- $2,500
- Ocean freight — Los Angeles / Long Beach
- $2,100
- Marine insurance
- $576
- Customs value
- $41,076
- Import duty — USA
- $1,027
- Customs broker and entry filing
- $550
- Compliance, inspection and registration
- $900
¥6,000,000 converted at 0.0064
Auction house charges, transport to port, export clearance
Bidding, independent inspection, export handling
Roll-on roll-off shipping
1.5% of vehicle value
Vehicle plus freight and insurance — the basis for duty
2.5% of customs value
Including DOT HS-7 and EPA 3520-1
Federal filing plus state titling
Excludes state or provincial sales tax at registration
$47,253
An estimate, not a quote. Duty rates, freight and auction fees move, and the yen rate used here (0.0064 USD per yen, August 2026) is indicative. We confirm every figure in writing before you commit to a bid.
From your message to your driveway
Eight to twelve weeks, typically. Here is every stage, and what we do at each one.
Tell us what you want
The model, the trim, the colour, the mileage ceiling and your budget. The more specific you are, the better we hunt. If you are not sure exactly what you want, we will talk it through.
We search the auctions
We have access to every major Japanese auction house — USS, TAA, JU, Arai and the rest. Between them, roughly 30,000 cars cross the block each week. We watch for yours and send you every candidate with the auction sheet translated.
Inspected before we bid
When a car looks right, we put an inspector on it in person. Photographs of every panel, the underside, the engine bay and the interior. Only then do we agree a maximum bid with you.
We win it and ship it
We settle with the auction house, handle export deregistration, transport it to port and book roll-on roll-off freight. Typically four to six weeks on the water.
Cleared, complied, delivered
We file the customs entry and federal paperwork, settle the duty, arrange the inspection your market requires, and deliver the car to you titled and road legal.
What have you been looking for?
There is no obligation and no charge to start. Send us the brief and we will come back with what is realistically available, what it costs landed, and how long it will take.
- No fee until you approve a specific car
- Auction sheets translated in full, nothing hidden
- Independent inspection before every bid
- Fixed sourcing fee, agreed in writing up front