Prices of cars in Poland?

I think you got it backwards Nuisance. :)

my cars steering wheel is quite definitely on the right, last time i looked.

that's why you drive on the LEFT-HAND side of the street.
Read here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic

thanks i really dont need to

We are car buyers and sellers. Looking for a export route and market in Poland. Can anyone help or provide a bit of advice.
From what i understand if you can get the car at the right price in the UK, then export it to Poland even with the conversion costs it can still be a good deal.

I have been looking for a used car in Poland now for quite a while, and all I can say is that they are very very expensive, compaired to what you get in the UK.

Most are £3-4K overpriced, with 150k-250k km on the clock, and in very bad condition, there are a lot of badly repaired crashed cars around... I have not seen many that are in good condition, unless you want a 1-2 year old car, but you will pay very high prices for these. What would go for say £1k in the UK (e.g. Honda CRV 1998-2000 130k miles) I`ve seen for sale for the equivilent of £4K-5K, plus you would have to either pay 3.1% or 13.6% import duty depending on engine size, plus around another 500pln (£100) for registration and other bits and bobs.

I have seen them for around 1k-2k cheaper but these are Right hookers from the UK and the cost of conversion will be around the 1k-2k mark, so hardly work it.

All the used cars over here are very high mileage seen an audi A6 with 241km 3 years old and they wanted a fortune for it.

They way things are looking its probably worth buying nearly new in poland 1 year old models.

The used cars from what i`ve seen are imported from Holland, Germany, Lituania, France, USA

buy in the uk and put up with having the wheel on the right, its fine really

With the impending change in the law to recognise foreign test certificates for the car, it's likely that second hand car prices will go down quite a bit - especially as it should now be possible to register RHD cars with none of the fuss from before.

@DNZ yes could buy in the UK a RHD and use it in poland, but this would mean driving all the way back to england for an MOT every year, and would mean taxing it as well, not sure if its worth doing this every year? also there may be an insurance issue, 3rd party not a problem, but if you want fully comp for the whole year, this could cost a bit. Polish insurance is a lot cheaper.

@delphiandomine, when is this change in the law going to take place? any idea`s, where on the net can I find out about these things? Registering a RHD in Poland would be great for me, I have no problem with the steering wheel being on the other side. But at present you can`t register a RHD because you can`t get a polish MOT for RHD, its a fail straight away because of RHD. I also belive they are starting/have imposed a variable rate of import tax for old poluting cars, I presume to stop people importing high poluting cars.

If I could register a RHD here that would sovle many problems.

Insurance is much cheaper in the UK, On my 7 series i was paying less than £300 a year, with a polish insurer they wanted 3500 pln for third party,

Theres quite a few uk insurers who do the yearly green card now which makes things much easier.

I drive back to the UK regularly anyway so igetting an MOT isn't so much of an issue also taxing can be done online so its only really the MOT,

£300 for a 7 series in the UK,?? you must live somewhere where there is no crime or people?, I would be looking at 5x that amount maybe more for a new 7 series fully comp. I find polish insurance very cheap. I got a quote for a bmw 525d (2000) fully comp for 1300PLN, in the Uk I would be looking at around £700 fully comp, I have 14 year no claims too.

Pretty much yes, Bude in North Cornwall, Car was kept in a garage, I have had my own policy since i was 17 and managed to get 7 years no claims,

Just had a pretty good quote on a 99 jaguar xj8 i'm thinking about buying at £234 full comp for both me and my GF with up to 180 days per trip out of the UK green card allowance.

I think the postcode area EX23 is one of the lowest insurance band areas in the UK as my insurance has always been really cheap compared to my friends who lived in plymouth etc.

That explains it, if you start quoting for inner city areas, the insurance prices are just as bad as polish used car prices, but I presume its the same in Poland, inner city expensive as compaired to the country side? was your polish quote for an Inner city area?

In the uk I live in the City, in poland I live in the country, so this could explain why insurance is low for me in poland, But i bet if a lived in say warsaw i`d be looking at silly Uk prices too.

Is the jag a uk car? RHD

Lucky you. I pay just under 4,000zl for a 2004 Mini Cooper. I've had one claim in the last 20 years (which was three years ago) and have a perfectly clean licence. I do live in central Warsaw but the car is kept off road and on secured grounds.

Yeah its a RHD Uk car, I've got the knack of driving them on the right now, I actually prefer driving a rhd on the left,

My Polish quote was for the suburbs of poznan, a pretty good area but was still way too much,

Poznan suburbs,near a major big City?? I dont mind where the wheel on the car is.....its just I dont want to be driving it back to the UK every year and then back to Poland again, for an MOT, etc...... I rather spend the fuel & Ferry money on something else..... If I had to do that every year, I`d just put the extra towards a polish car here, bite the bullit and pay over the odds which is what I think will happen unless some can come up with another idea?

Fair comment, I drive back to the UK on business quite regularly so its never been too much of an issue, They really need to introduce a europe wide technical inspection which can be done anywhere,

Gone are the days when you could just call your friendly MOT inspector and ask him to post you a ticket too,

I know some insurers who will insure your car without a UK MOT provided that it has an overseas one, ie french, spanish etc, It won't be legal in the UK but you can always book it in for an MOT at dover should you wish to use it in the UK,

failing that would you be selling your BMW?

Yep those "here`s £50 for an MOT" days are over, I dont have a BMW, I was looking at a 2000 525d in poland, and the 7 series was an estimation for the insurance quote, I actualy drive a golf R32 in the uk but the insurance groups must be the same Group 17-18, the 7 series may be higher. killer insurance in inner city area`s..

Have you ever heard of a Car auction that takes place every sunday in the town of bydgoszcz?? I belive its called "bydgoszcz auto Gielder" its surposed to be like a huge open market selling cars, on a few hectars of land, people from all over poland bring their cars to this one place to sell? I was just wondering as its surposed to be huge that it may have its own website? any ideas? if I goolge bydgoszcz auto Gielder I get all sorts pop up?

hi i am hasen from ethiopia and i want to import toyota sedan used cars to ethiopia

@jedi

I've been to Poznan auto gielda a few times and the pricing people put on their cars is very optimistic, I personally wouldn't dream of buying a car here in PL as the regulations governing the practice of rebuilding wrecks are somewhat none existent.

A good source of LHD cars is tradecarview.com its buying direct from Japan I used to do it with skylines and imprezas back in the day when they were popular and the stuff from japan is always very low mileage and maintained very well due to their strict emissions laws and their version if the MOT (shaken test)

Shipping from JP to a UK port is usually about £300 per unit. If you need any help i would be happy to help.

Well I went last sunday to the bydgoszcz auto gielda, there was a huge turn out, lots of cars, BBQ`s etc. It was like a huge UK carboot, but full of cars LOL!!!!..... Did`nt find anything mind, every thing was priced the same as an Polish auto kommis? ie not much cheaper than elsewhere in Poland. Every car looked dodgy? from resprays, RHD conversions, cut and shuts, lots of "I don`t know history only registered it 2 days ago, came from Germany". Prices were still silly its like buying a car in the UK from someone in a car park you`ve never been to before. Still it was fun.

Importing from Japan, I thought they drove on the right like in the UK, why would they have LHD cars? How would you verify the integrity of an imported car, ie its condition, history, whether its stolen or not without seeing it 1st?

does your help stretch to finding me a car? if so I would like a Honda CRV 2003-2006 prefably diesel, or a Rav 4 2003-2006 prefably diesal too. O and has to LHD

Will have a browse at the website you sent me, and see what pops up.

Thanks

In Japan its fashionable to have a LHD although they drive on the same side of the road as us for some strange reason,

Imported cars normally come with full service history and a "JUMVEA" certificate which certifies the mileage. Its also illegal over there to rebuild write offs etc. When you look at cars from japanese dealers they measure the condition on a scale of 1 - 4 4 being the best and 1 being needs work on the panels anything with structural damage has to be crushed by law (maybe the poles should take note)

I would be more than happy to help you source something from wherever I can find one as i'm sure we can find something.

As for the Gieldas i had the same sort of feeling, When spending £1000 on a car history doesn't matter too much but any more than that i would always demand service history.

Personally i wouldn't touch anything for sale inside Poland as the majority are in some way dodgy.

Hell,my name is Pete. I live in the U.S. and have been in the car industry for approx. 15 years. I have been doing some research on the internet regarding shipping cars to Poland(costs etc.etc.) I came across your posting and would like to talk with you. I'll send you an email to give you additional info. If you're interested feel free to reply back. Thanks

hi guys can you tell im interesting to buy mercedes second hand from poland for exporting.whats the prices like over.

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hai not sure about this but when browsing over thr web found a website and seen cars in Poland and seen the the prices zł 695.000 for an aston martin when converted to pounds it said something like £97 pounds is this right or is the zloty 695000 plse help

695,000 is about £140,000

Hi, has now bought someone through tradecarview.com? is not it a scam?