Importing a 4X4 From Japan

strange , you are thinking of an Amazon are you ? if not would have thought theres plenty of irish crew cabs around.

You are looking at

shipping

import duty

VAT

As it’s a passenger vehicle I’m not sure where you stand on registering it as commercial from the get-go.

passenger VRT will be quite high, as will NoX possibly.

I think VRT as commercial is still €200, and NoX doesn’t apply. Again, not sure what the process is to register as commercial as a fresh import.

I don’t think the value is there anyway, I’m seeing 2015 ones for €34000, say €35000 shipped, €38500 with duty, which is €47k with the VAT, which is the same price as a new one.

You can get low cost car and van or kanes to crew cab. If it made sense to import from Japan you can be sure dealers would be doing it . Also you would have problems with resale . Japanese imports aren't common now like they were years ago likely to have those horrible wing mirrors also

Weighs empty about 3.6 tonnes I’m reading..

Dont know about the VRT but any courier / shipping agent / company will charge you megabucks for something that heavy and the dimensions will come into play too as it will take up space on aircraft / ship...The quotes could vary massively the only way to find out is call direct....