JR8 wrote:This gets discussed occasionally, but I haven't seen it recently.
The impression I have is that it's unlikely to be worthwhile unless the car is something very special to you, and preferably 25+ years old.
You'd have the cost of freight both ways, import duty of maybe 100+%, a steering wheel 'on the wrong side' (not much chance to resell locally if you wished to?), and you'd have to buy a 10-year COE (= permit to put on the road) which is going to be expensive, maybe S$50-100k. Google on 'Singapore COE prices'.
The above are pretty ballpark figures, but maybe they'll help move you along towards a decision.
add to it, when you bring in second hand cars over 10 years, no insurer wants to cover full insurance .. if I remember correctly
and .. spare parts, well, back home when the US embassy needs some spares they got to a week to get their own spares, as the local dealers dont' service the 'made for usa' range
And .. import duty is fixed on the customs calculater .. not yours. . so if you buy a BMW for 3,000 in US and ship it out, the Customs here will work from, say 30,000 ..
you can engage one of the parallel importers to do the estimated cost ..