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Peter,
Considering all the fees & VAT you EU folks must dish out, that makes it even more important to get the "best" vehicle you can find. "Best" meaning as new as possible and without any sort of damage.
Last thing you want to happen is to have spent all that euros and have rust bucket in your driveway
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I was too looking foor a used H2 for a while, and if I'll have problems with getting a new from a dealer, I'm forced to get one. But, my primary goal is the get a brand new because the actual price difference of buying one with 3,000 miles on it and new is too small comapared all the work I have to do to get over here. So I'm persistent of getting a new one. And if you know a dealer that is willing to make the $$$ let me know...
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A franchised dealer is forbidden by GM to export an unregistered (new) vehicle, that's not to say that it is not done. I ran into a similar situation when exporting a MBZ from the US few years back.
Just spoke with the lady at a dealership where I got mine and she basically said that for a new vehicle, it needs to be registered and tax/license fees paid, then depending on the state where the vehicle is registered, it may take up to 60 days before you get the title (ownership), which is required for customs.
OTOH, she also said they had done a few for customers with very low miles, in fact, they had one last week with 500 miles on it & is considered used as the owner changed his mind & went with the SUT. She also said that the used vehicle can be shipped a lot sooner but she couldn;t explain to me why so as the paper work has still to go through the DMV. She said she'll call back as she needs to get some more info from the manager.
I am with you in terms of the price differential, the bottom line is that the savings in a used one is probably not that much in the overall scheme of things. I am sort of doing the reverse right now as I am trying to bring a SMART here, tired of waiting for the limited sources here