The widest net in Britain
Buy from eBay Motors
with the checks done
eBay Motors reaches further than any curated marketplace. We verify the car and the seller in person, then return the landed cost for Malaysia, itemised.
What eBay Motors is
Britain's widest vehicle listing pool, and the least filtered.
Dealer, trade and private stock, listed side by side.
eBay opened in Britain in 1999 and launched a dedicated motors marketplace in 2000. Dealers, traders and private sellers all list here, some at a fixed price and some to a clock, which is why the pool is deeper and less consistent than a dealer-only site.
Reach cuts both ways, and we would rather say so. A car turns up here that turns up nowhere else, and so does a seller you would not buy from. Nothing on this page depends on trusting a listing: the checks and the person standing in front of the car are what the promise rests on.
ebay.co.uk/motors, opens in a new tab
How buying here works
Three moves. The first two are yours if you want them, and the checks are never optional.
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You find the car
Browse eBay Motors at your own pace, in English. Note whether the listing runs to a clock, because that decides how much time the next two moves have.
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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, then buy it
MOT history and an HPI report on the car, and a look at who is selling it. One of ours stands in front of it in person. Only then does any money move.
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
- Mazda
- Model
- MX-5 RF SE-L Nav
- Vehicle type
- Kereta / Sedan
- Price
- £ 17,995
- Registration
- 06 / 2019
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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Copy six fields
Maker, model and vehicle type, the price in pounds, the registration month and year. Use the price you expect to pay, not the opening bid.
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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
Mazda MX-5 RF SE-L Nav · 06/2019
- Vehicle Price
- £ 17,995
- Transaction Fees
- £ 2,300
- Port Arrival Total CIF Fees before Clearance
- RM 111,253.13
- Tax Duty with Documentation
- RM 65,762.08
- Cost Price
- RM 177,015.21
- Service Fees (3%, cash)
- RM 5,310.46
UK agent handling and shipment fees
£ 20,295 at 1 GBP = RM 5.4818
Final Import Price
RM 182,325.67
Questions about buying on eBay
Straight answers on sellers, bidding, the checks and timing.
It is eBay's vehicles marketplace in Britain, where dealers, traders and private sellers list side by side, some at a fixed price and some to a clock. The marketplace is not ours; we buy from it on your behalf.
Not on its own, and we would not ask you to. What makes it safe is what happens after you send us the link: the MOT history, the HPI report, a look at the seller's record, and one of ours standing in front of the car before any money moves. Nothing here depends on trusting an advert.
Then the sequence has to happen inside the clock. Send it to your advisor while the listing is still running so the checks and the inspection can be arranged before it ends. Once a listing closes, there is no room left to look.
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 eBay listing gives you everything it asks for. 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.
Yes, with the same checks as a dealer car and rather more attention to who is selling. A private sale carries no trade protection in Britain either, which is exactly why the inspection happens before the money rather than after.
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.
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 checks the car and the seller, then returns the full landed cost.
No cost to look, and no deposit until you have seen the quotation.