Oman to the UK.

Oman produces some of the most interesting cars we see: proper four-wheel drives that have been used for what they were built for, and plenty of well-kept family cars from Muscat.

We collect from your address and route the car to the right port. Oman’s main container ports are at Sohar in the north and Salalah in the south.

Before the car can leave Oman

Every Gulf country wants the same thing before a car goes: its registration closed, nothing owed against it and the paperwork in order. The detail is local. Here is how it tends to work in Oman.

Rules and fees are set by the local authority and do change, so treat this as a guide and check the latest with them. Our agents will tell you if anything has moved.

Off-road cars

If your car has spent weekends in the Wahiba Sands, it is worth a proper clean underneath before it ships, and a look at anything aftermarket. Raised suspension, bull bars and big tyres all need checking against UK rules, and we tell you what is likely to need changing before you commit.

Once it reaches the UK

From here, the process is identical wherever the car came from. It comes to our own site in Castle Donington, where our team unloads containers themselves, our customs team clears it with HMRC, and the car goes into our workshop for its UK conversions: headlights adjusted to dip the right way, a speedometer that reads in miles per hour and a rear fog light.

Then it is tested in our own lanes, an IVA test if it is under ten years old or an MOT if it is older, and registered through our dealer-level DVLA account in around 10 working days. You collect it, or we deliver it.

The sea leg itself is usually 3 to 6 weeks. Your quote sets out what to expect for your car.