Cyprus - Car Shennanigans

[EdGey]

My family and I are moving to Cyprus until mid 2027.

It's a long shot, but I'm hoping one or two of you might have done this (or similar) before and are able to share your experiences.

So far the advice seems to be that I should sell my car in the UK and buy one locally in Cyprus, but I have reservations about that. Car prices in Cyprus seem to be slightly higher and there's a much smaller pool of cars, so we'd have to settle for what ever was available at the time. I'm personally leaning towards shipping our car and paying the associated shipping/duty costs.

Aware that it'll vary - have any of you shipped a car before? If so, how was your experience?

It's early days and I've only just started looking into it, so advice and opinions welcome.

 

[EdGey]

I would also bring a UK car if I were in your position. Apart from anything else, I imagine that Cypriot cars have a considerably harder life in terms of standards of maintenance, road quality etc so not only would you be paying more, you'd be getting something in worse condition.

I've never shipped a car to Cyprus, but I have shipped a lot of cars from the UK to the US and I pay around 1700GBP including insurance. I'd be surprised if shipping it to Cyprus was any more than that.

Personally, I'd make a road trip of it and drive the car from the UK to Greece and then get a ferry from there. I imagine the ferry would be relatively cheap, and you'd get to visit a lot of countries on the way.

Thanks for your comment.

I love the idea of road tripping it and it's something I'd not considered, but last night the idea did not survive contact with my wife! Perhaps on the way back?

It's nice to have a ceiling price in mind but of course I'm hoping it'll be cheaper than that - I'll report back my findings either way.