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Regarding post #110: tom123, I bought a '99 S80 T6 this way as well and do agree with your comments with a couple of exceptions. If you finance through Volvo you pay for the car 6 days prior to delivery date. If you live East of the Mississippi then delivery should take no more than 3 weeks from port to port. At the time, Volvo was shipping cars for East Coast delivery every Monday. It generally takes 15 days for a car to arrive at the first U.S. port (the FAPS facility in New Jersey). In my case I picked my car up at the port since I was running a project there for a client but depending upon where your dealer is located I could see it taking several additional days to get your car from port to dealer. All in all, you save quite a bit as you mentioned and you will definitely have to be patient by comparison to running out and buying off a dealer's lot. We bought our '01 V70 T5 off a dealer's lot because we bought it on the West Coast and couldn't wait for a custom order. Hopefully my next car (S60R?) will be met at the factory! Thanks. -rdo rdollie  home.com
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| Is is possible to buy this terrific van (bubble top, 4 wheel drive synchro, TDI diesel engine, etc.) for european delivery and have it shipped back to the U.S.? | |
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Hi vwvan. I looked into this for you, and I didn't see anything that stated the Eurovan could not be purchased through the European Delivery program. I don't see why you wouldn't be able to buy one this way. Still, you will need to check with your local Volkswagen dealership or Volkswagen of America to be certain. Here is VW's telephone number if you are interested in giving them a call, 1-800-444-8987. If you wouldn't mind, please come back and let us know what you find out. Thanks. Car_Man Host Smart Shoppers / FWI Message Boards |
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| According to VW of America, they discontinued the european delivery program a few years ago because it wasn't "cost effective". It's a shame because they used to have a great program. I think VW has gotten too "corporate" for their own good. I love my Passat wagon, but I had to wait two years for 4 motion because of internal squabbles with Audi. Anyway, I guess I could contact a dealer in europe, buy a eurovan, then contact an import/export company, make sure the van conforms to US specs, who knows what those are, and just pay, pay, pay for all this extra stuff. Doesn't sound very promising. How about this: does anyone know a good way to rent a smallish camper van for 6 months in europe? Thanks. | |
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Thanks for the information, vwvan. That's too bad. I have a feeling that purchasing a Euro-spec Eurovan and importing it to the U.S. may be more trouble than it's worth. Car_Man Host Smart Shoppers / FWI Message Boards |
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Thanks to everyone who answered my post! Volvo's ED program looks like the the most comprehensive and attractive out there. When does Volvo roll to the new model year...? Late summer or early fall? Considering the fact that Volvo requires ED orders to be placed ~3 months in advance, I wonder when will they start accepting orders for 2002 cars...? Thanks again, Newheels |
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| I think the model year build ends in the late spring of that year. Our '99 V70 was one of the last off the '99 line (which is located in Ghent, Belgium) and was built in late April. | |
| Hi all, I am a Ex-Pat working in Switzerland. I was very interested in purchasing either a Volvo or BMW, but the in country taxes would add an additional 11% to the cost of the car. Apparently, foreign gov'ts a trying to "discourage" this type of activity realizing that if you are living in their country for any period of time, in my case I have a 3 year contract, they should be able to make some $ out of you. Anyone else ever gone through this? Thanks J! | |
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Regarding post #118:
sandejx, I bought my Volvo S80 T6 through the European Delivery program and saved thousands (and highly recommend the experience for the savings and free trip to Europe). However, I live in the U.S.
As I recall, you are only supposed to keep your car for up to 6 months in Europe under this program (the limit may be different for military orders though). For program details follow this link:
http://www.volvocars.com/overseas_new/
Good luck.
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Thanks for the helpful link, rollie. For those of you who are interested, BMW also has quite a detailed section that provides information on their European Delivery program in the "Virtual Center" section of their www.bmwusa.com site. For some reason it is difficult to link to, but it is not difficult to find once you are on their main page.
Also, here is a link to the European Delivery section of the Mercedes-Benz Web site Mercedes-Benz European Delivery. Although it is not exactly a European Delivery program, Porsche has an interesting section on their Web site called the Porsche Travel Club. They have all sorts of interesting European trips that include the use of a Porsche which you can set up through them. Here is a link to that page: Porsche Travel Club.
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