Guides
Straight answers, before you commit.
Everything we explain on the phone every week, written down properly. Read what applies to you, skip what doesn't, and ring us when you want a person instead.
Leaving
Before you go
The decisions and the loose ends that come first, whilst you are still in the Gulf.
Paperwork
The paperwork
What has to happen to the Gulf registration before a car is allowed to leave.
The documents you need, start to finish
Every document in a Gulf import, in the order it comes up, and which ones are ours to deal with.
Read it PaperworkExport plates and deregistration
What happens to your Gulf registration before the car can leave, emirate by emirate and country by country.
Read it PaperworkBringing a UK car back
Took your UK car to the Gulf? Returned Goods Relief or Transfer of Residence may mean no duty or VAT.
Read itBuying
Buying out there
For anyone buying a car in the Gulf with the UK in mind. Read these before money changes hands.
Buying a car in the Gulf for the UK
History checks, US-import cars and the questions to ask a seller before any money changes hands.
Read it BuyingSalvage, flood and rebuilt cars
Why some Gulf cars have a past in an American auction yard, and what that means for registering one here.
Read itThe car
The car itself
What a Gulf car is, what the climate has done to it, and what changes when it lands here.
GCC spec, explained
What the badge on the windscreen means, and what it changes when the car is tested in the UK.
Read it The carLiving with left-hand drive
It is legal, it is easier than you think, and here is what has to change on the car.
Read it The carHeat, sand and your car
What years of Gulf summers do to rubber, batteries and paint, and what to check before it sails.
Read itTiming
Timing
Where the weeks go, from handing over the keys to driving on UK plates.
Ready when you are.
Tell us about the car and where it is. A real person at My Car Import builds your quote around your car, and there is no obligation to go ahead.