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Not hard, but usually not worth it as far as I remember: You have to pay the VAT of your home country when you import it, which is often one of the biggest diff

• gambiting 11y ago
  The difference is negligible. When you buy a car coming from another EU country, you pay the price without VAT(the dealership has to give you an ex-vat invoice). Then when you register it, you pay the VAT of the country where you register the vehicle. Most countries in EU have VAT between 20 to 23%, so in the worst case, you are paying 3% more, in the best case, you are saving 3%.
  • theandrewbailey 11y ago
    That's how car taxes work in the US. I bought my car off my parents in Ohio, and registered in (and paid taxes in) Pennsylvania. I'm not sure what Tesla does in pro-dealership states to get around the "not being able to sell cars or have dealerships here" problem, but the tax system would probably be the same.
  • jan_g 11y ago
    It's not just VAT, many countries have additional taxes on cars. Extreme example: Denmark, where the tax on a car purchase is something like 180%. So basically, you have to import the car if you buy it in another country, which may mean quite a big cheque to your country's tax office. In the end, the system of taxes and various other obstacles is such that it's mostly not worth the trouble to buy a car in another country and import it home.