Porsche Cars Canada - Import Process Sucks

[Aron in Toronto]

Originally Posted by BrentMcK

Unfortunately, a letter generated from a US dealer or by Porsche Cars North America (US) will no longer satisfy RIV.

Porsche Cars Canada, supposedly through months of consultations with RIV, has set the new terms. RIV will only accept the clearance letter from Porche Cars Canada. It must have Porsche Cars Canada letterhead ... US documents will no longer work.

Unfortunately, if you want to import a Porsche into Canada you will be paying the fees to your local Porsche dealer and waiting for your aaproval letter to come from the Head Office in Ontario. There is no other way to "get around" the fees anymore.

Oh well ...

I just checked the RIV website today and it looks as though the requirement for imported Porsches to be inspected at and updates done by a Canadian dealership has been taken off their list, so I would assume they will accept an official recall letter from whatever source you can get one from. The challenge will be to see if you can get one at a reasonable cost from a US dealer.

I've requested and been supplied with several documents at no cost from the US dealer that serviced my car for the original/previous US owner when my local dealer either refused or wanted hefty fees to print it off their system.

Aron