Hi forumosansss,
I have checked the appropriate forum earlier on but the posts are a bit old.
Basically, my question is simple: " what are the steps to follow to bring a car in Taiwan?"
If you can help me with this by providing any website … Thanksssss 
- Pay
- Pay more
- Get a new mortgage on your house so you can afford the license plate.
That’s basically it.
[quote=“Blaquesmith”]1) Pay
2) Pay more
3) Get a new mortgage on your house so you can afford the license plate.
That’s basically it.[/quote]
Well , thanks for taking time to write something but I was kind of wishing for someone to guide me to a website or something quiet official.
Paying and paying more is ok 
taking a mortgage is not an option :no-no:
In the old threads you can find most of the info. I don’t think it has changed much. As for official websites, most (or all) of them will be in chinese. Best thing you can do is contact a customs agent and ask him directly, but he won’t know about getting a license plate, just the importing.
The custom tax for a car can be up to 100% of the vehicle value, and the licensing plate is awfully expensive for any imported vehicle. I wanted to bring my car from Europe and I ended up selling it not to deal with the long, painful and awfully expensive process of importing a car and getting a license plate for it. It was actually cheaper buying a new car here (I didn’t do it in the end).
I would use the search option in this case. This has been talked about so many times. Also, it isn’t worth it.
That is alright. My better half is Taiwanese and we found the complete process for bringing cars here in taipei. It is 100% worth it.
Cheers
[quote=“brobronek”]That is alright. My better half is Taiwanese and we found the complete process for bringing cars here in taipei. It is 100% worth it.
Cheers[/quote]
Good luck! 
Just curious but… Can’t one drive a car registered in a different country, without officially importing it?
A lot of people do that in Europe and in France. I even had friends driving cars registered in a different country (mostly in eastern Europe, but one had a US plate) to avoid speed camera fines…
[quote=“brobronek”]That is alright. My better half is Taiwanese and we found the complete process for bringing cars here in taipei. It is 100% worth it.
Cheers[/quote]
Would you mind posting the link and info, so that the thread can be updated
[quote=“John”][quote=“brobronek”]That is alright. My better half is Taiwanese and we found the complete process for bringing cars here in taipei. It is 100% worth it.
Cheers[/quote]
Would you mind posting the link and info, so that the thread can be updated[/quote]
I get quite a few people a week asking about Importing cars. Pretty sure we import more used vehicles than anyone in Taiwan…more than 700 a year. There are so many pitfalls, rules and testing issues, that are not apparent when simply reading the "Government and ARTC website “rules”. We buy for Trade Car dealerships sometimes …because,even they, find it hard work themselves. It absolutely makes sense to buy some models, but it can vary a huge amount, depending on the options, price range, exact date the vehicle was made in the Factory ( not registered date). The taxation paid yearly, also comes into the viability issue and the vehicles value in Taiwan. There is a point at which the Mathematics don’t work out…eg anything selling here , for less than 1 million NT, would not save you enough to warrant the work.
We have 15 mechanics working flat out, modifying exhausts, electronics and a host of other things, to get test issues fixed and we still get cars that fail and can’t easily be registered.
Taiwan makes in look straightforward to appease the WTO a bit, in reality, they have a myriad of silly, nonsensical red tape to potentially rain on your parade.
Some cars like Mercedes C250 2012 , Mini Cooper S Countryman 11/12, 2011 Sienna, and some supercars make sense at the moment , but it changes monthly.
Be careful out there.
A coworker used this service just recently: car2tw.com/
This site seems to have some good info: taiwan.angloinfo.com/transport/v … a-vehicle/
Does someone have experience importing electric motorcycles? The electric scooters in Taiwan are ludicrous in terms of battery and power.