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#1
08-29-2018, 02:13 AM
Hello
Hi All, posting from Auckland area, New Zealand.
My wife and I recently purchased a month low kilometers Mazda Demio (Mazda 2)
This is a Japanese used import. It's a 1500cc 4 cyl Deisel 2015 SkyActive automatic model.
We love it especially the fuel consumption which is currently 4.3l/per 100kms (54.7 US MPG).
My wife and I recently purchased a month low kilometers Mazda Demio (Mazda 2)
This is a Japanese used import. It's a 1500cc 4 cyl Deisel 2015 SkyActive automatic model.
We love it especially the fuel consumption which is currently 4.3l/per 100kms (54.7 US MPG).
#3
08-29-2018, 02:51 PM
I guess the first issue for the US is that Japan like New Zealand is RHD - we drive on the left side of the road so other than language everything else is the same as a new car purchased in NZ.
In Japan they're taxed annually by two formulas. One is on the size of the vehicle and fuel, e.g a small car like a Mazda 2 attracts less annual registration tax but they're also taxed by the age of the vehicle so as cars age from new their tax due also rises. This encourages a lively roll over of relatively low age and kilometer cars which countries like NZ can import from. There is no limit to what age a car is though the typical JDM import would be between 3 and 7 years old with milage of between 20 and 80k kilometers and be one owner.
Our government has put legislation in place that protects buyers so all cars are certified to a strict criteria.
No cars are manufactured in NZ so all new cars are imports anyway and generally what you may buy as as a second hand import will be for the most part the same as the identical model sold new in NZ.
In Japan they're taxed annually by two formulas. One is on the size of the vehicle and fuel, e.g a small car like a Mazda 2 attracts less annual registration tax but they're also taxed by the age of the vehicle so as cars age from new their tax due also rises. This encourages a lively roll over of relatively low age and kilometer cars which countries like NZ can import from. There is no limit to what age a car is though the typical JDM import would be between 3 and 7 years old with milage of between 20 and 80k kilometers and be one owner.
Our government has put legislation in place that protects buyers so all cars are certified to a strict criteria.
No cars are manufactured in NZ so all new cars are imports anyway and generally what you may buy as as a second hand import will be for the most part the same as the identical model sold new in NZ.
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