The UK's open market
Buy a UK car
from Auto Trader
Auto Trader carries the widest spread of dealer stock in Britain. Send your advisor a link and the full landed cost for Malaysia comes back itemised.
What Auto Trader is
Britain's open car market, and where most of it is listed.
Dealer and private stock, listed at an asking price from the day it goes online.
Auto Trader began in 1977 as a regional classified magazine and printed its last issue in 2013, by which point the market had moved onto its website. Franchised dealers, independents and private sellers all list on it, which is why the spread is wider than any single dealer group can offer.
It is open to anyone, from anywhere, with no account and no membership. Prices are asking prices set by British sellers for British buyers, so the only open question is what one of those cars costs to land in Malaysia. That is the part we answer.
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How buying here works
Three moves. The first two are yours if you want them, and you can hand over at any point.
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You find the car
Browse Auto Trader at your own pace, in English, at prices that do not move while you think. No account, and nothing to ask for.
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You price it yourself
Six fields off the listing into our calculator and the landed cost for Malaysia comes back itemised, duty included. Or skip it, and an advisor runs the same numbers for you.
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We check it and buy it
Send the link. MOT history and an HPI report first, then one of ours stands in front of the car, and only then a deposit.
If you want the number first
Six fields, and you have the number
Everything the calculator needs is already on the listing. Copy it across and the landed cost for Malaysia comes back in about 30 seconds, itemised, with the duty and our service fee already in it.
Import Calculator
United Kingdom- Maker
- BMW
- Model
- M340i xDrive Sport Auto
- Vehicle type
- Kereta / Sedan
- Price
- £ 34,800
- Registration
- 06 / 2022
Calculate
What you pay to start
20%
of the car price, to secure the car
Before we buy
A 20% deposit lets your advisor commit to the seller. Nothing is due while you are still browsing, and nothing is due to see a quotation.
If the inspection disappoints
The deposit is refundable if what our inspector finds does not match what the listing claimed. You walk away, and we go back to the shortlist.
Once the car is yours
The balance follows the shipping and clearance milestones, on a schedule your advisor confirms in writing.
We publish this so you can plan the cash flow. Payments go to Direct Car Import Sdn Bhd only, and your advisor confirms the account with you directly. We never post bank details on this website.
Price it yourself, or ask us
The calculator is public and it does the same arithmetic your advisor does. Six fields off a listing and the landed cost for Malaysia comes back itemised, in about 30 seconds.
None of it is compulsory. If the fields look like work, an advisor runs the same calculation on any car you send and comes back with the itemised total.
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Pick the country
It opens on Japan. Take the United Kingdom tab and the shipping fees, the duty basis and the exchange rate all switch with it.
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02
Copy six fields
Maker, model and vehicle type, the price in pounds, the registration month and year. Every one of them is on the listing in front of you.
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Read every line
Leave Full Breakdown ticked and sign in with your phone number. The duty, the fees and our service fee come back as separate lines, not one number.
Free, and a phone number signs you in.
Rather not run it yourself?
Sample estimate
BMW M340i xDrive Sport Auto · 06/2022
- Vehicle Price
- £ 34,800
- Transaction Fees
- £ 2,300
- Port Arrival Total CIF Fees before Clearance
- RM 203,374.78
- Tax Duty with Documentation
- RM 119,395.30
- Cost Price
- RM 322,770.08
- Service Fees (3%, cash)
- RM 9,683.10
UK agent handling and shipment fees
£ 37,100 at 1 GBP = RM 5.4818
Final Import Price
RM 332,453.18
Questions about buying in the UK
Straight answers on the listing, the checks, the deposit and timing.
It is Britain's largest car marketplace, carrying franchised dealer, independent and private stock at fixed asking prices. It began as a printed magazine in 1977 and moved fully online in 2013. The marketplace is not ours; we buy from it on your behalf.
Yes, and we would rather you did. Browsing is the easy half. The listing belongs to a British seller, the price stops at the forecourt, and the car still has to be checked, bought, shipped and cleared through Malaysian customs. That is the half we carry.
No, and no importer's is. You pay the landed cost, which adds shipping, clearance, duty and our service fee to the listing. You can work that out yourself in the calculator before you contact us, and your advisor confirms it in writing before you commit. It does not change afterwards.
Yes. The import calculator is public, and an Auto Trader listing gives you everything it asks for: maker, model, body type, the price in pounds and the registration date. Take the United Kingdom tab first, because the fees and the exchange rate switch with it. Seeing the itemised breakdown needs a phone number and a verification code, which takes a minute and does not involve an advisor.
We do not buy one we have not seen. Before any money moves we pull the MOT history and an HPI report, which show the test record, the mileage trail, outstanding finance and any write-off marker. Then someone stands in front of the car in person.
A deposit of 20% of the car price, once you have seen the itemised quotation and asked us to proceed. It is refundable if the inspection does not match what the listing claimed. The balance follows the shipping and clearance milestones.
Yes. Britain drives on the left, so the cars are right-hand drive and need no conversion. British roads are salted in winter, which is why the underside is part of what our inspector looks at rather than an afterthought.
That depends on sailing schedules and clearance, so your advisor confirms the expected window in writing before you commit. The run covers collection in the UK, RoRo shipping from Southampton to Port Klang, customs clearance, duty assessment, Puspakom and registration.
Carry on from here
The wider UK route, and the two other markets we buy from.
Send us a listing
Your advisor returns the full landed cost, usually the same day.
No cost to look, and no deposit until you have seen the quotation.