Importing a car from Adelaide
Collected anywhere in Adelaide or South Australia, shipped from Port Adelaide and registered on UK plates at our site.
- From
- Adelaide, SA
- Port
- AUADL
- At sea
- 6 to 10 weeks
- Door to door
- 10 to 16 weeks
From Adelaide to Castle Donington
Port Adelaide is the container port for the city, close to the northern and western suburbs and an easy run from most of Adelaide.
We collect from across South Australia, and plan how the car reaches the port from wherever it is.
We are often asked about Glenelg, the Adelaide Hills, the Barossa, Elizabeth, Port Lincoln, Mount Gambier, the Fleurieu Peninsula. All fine.
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Collected
Week 1
From your driveway, a dealer or a storage yard, anywhere in Adelaide or South Australia.
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Port Adelaide
AUADL
Loaded into a shared container, or a 20ft to itself, and sealed for the voyage.
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At sea
6 to 10 weeks
Insured for the whole crossing. You can follow it in your online portal.
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Castle Donington
DVLA around 10 working days
Unloaded at our site, cleared through customs, converted, tested and registered.
Before it leaves South Australia
Three local jobs to sort while you are still there. Everything after collection is ours.
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The rego
Registration in South Australia is handled by Service SA. Talk to us before you cancel it, so the timing lines up with the collection.
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Tolls
Adelaide has no toll roads, so there is no tag or account to close.
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Any finance
A car with money owing is usually recorded on the PPSR. It needs to be cleared, or the lender needs to agree, before the car can be exported.
Holden’s home town
Holden built cars at Elizabeth, in Adelaide’s north, until Australian production ended in 2017. Many of the later Commodores came off that line.
The Australian cars we see mostRinging us from Adelaide
Adelaide is 8½ to 10½ hours ahead of the UK. Adelaide runs on a half-hour time zone and uses daylight saving in the opposite season to the UK, so the gap moves through the year and always ends in a half.
8½ to 10½ hours ahead
Questions from Adelaide
Do I need to take the car to Port Adelaide?
No. We collect it from your address, a dealer or wherever it is being kept, and take it to the port for you.
How do I cancel my SA rego?
Registration in South Australia is handled through Service SA. Talk to us about timing before you cancel, so it lines up with the collection date.
Can you ship a Commodore from Adelaide?
Yes. Like nearly every Australian car it is right-hand drive, so the usual changes apply: the speedometer, a rear fog light, and the IVA or MOT test depending on its age.
Somewhere else?
Tell us about the car in Adelaide
Make, model, year and where it is. A person here prices the whole job, and we aim to reply the same working day.