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Is it worth importing a car to Greece?

It comes down to one number: how much cheaper the car is abroad than the same car on the Greek market, after you add every cost of importing it. This guide shows what gets added, and why the biggest cost, the registration tax, does not depend on the price you pay.

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The short answer

Importing is worth it when the price abroad plus every cost still comes out below what you would pay for the same car in Greece. We give no figures for that second half: we have no authorised source of Greek market prices and will not guess.

What we can compute precisely is the cost side: what gets added to the purchase price.

What gets added to the price abroad

  • Registration tax and, for Euro 4 and 5, an environmental levy: the largest and most variable cost.
  • VAT, only when the car counts as new or nearly new and is sold by a VAT-registered seller. See the import guide.
  • Transport (transporter or by road) and insurance for the journey.
  • Inspection (KTEO), fees, plates and handling costs.
  • Road tax from the first year.

The calculator puts all of it on one screen, with the source and the evidence label of every amount. What it cannot know it shows as unknown, never as zero.

The registration tax does not depend on what you paid

The base is the Greek list price of the same car when new, reduced for age and mileage. If you buy the same car for less abroad, the tax stays the same and the whole saving is yours. If you pay more, the opposite holds.

A 2021 hatchback, list price €21,500
  • First registered June 2021, 75,000 km
  • Euro 6d, CO₂ 128 g/km (WLTP)
  • The same result whether you paid €9,000 or €15,000 for it

Registration tax

€1,320.12

Rules GR-RT-2025.07.1

Hypothetical example. The list price is illustrative, not taken from an AADE price list; use the calculator for your own car.

Age usually lowers the base, but an older Euro stage multiplies it. The same car, four years older:

The same car from 2017, list price €21,500
  • First registered June 2017, 130,000 km
  • Euro 6b (×1.5 factor), CO₂ 122 g/km (NEDC)

Registration tax

€1,210.11

Rules GR-RT-2025.07.1

Hypothetical example. The list price is illustrative, not taken from an AADE price list; use the calculator for your own car.

A check before you commit

  1. Get the version and the facts from the COC document or the registration certificate: version code, CO₂, Euro stage, first registration.
  2. Enter them in the calculator. If it proposes a price from an AADE price list, check that it is your version.
  3. Add transport, inspection and fees, using the quotes you were given.
  4. Compare the total with the price of the same car on the Greek market, from sources you trust.
  5. Weigh what is not a price: warranty, service history, transport risk, the time the paperwork takes.

A hybrid or plug-in? Check the date

For hybrids and plug-ins the exemption changes on 1 January 2027, so the date the tax falls due can change the result. See the 2027 hybrid guide.

Frequently asked questions

Is it cheaper to import a car to Greece?

Sometimes. It depends on the price gap with the Greek market and on the costs of importing, chiefly the registration tax. There is no general answer: calculate your own car.

Does the registration tax depend on the price I paid?

No. It is based on the Greek list price of the same car, reduced for age and mileage.

What makes the tax higher?

More CO₂, an older Euro stage (Euro 4 and 5 also carry an environmental levy), a younger car and a higher list price.

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