JDM Auction Watch was established to allow customers unrivaled access to cars available on the Japanese market and to streamline the process of getting your chosen car from Japan to your driveway.

Whether you are a trade buyer looking for affordable, high quality used cars or a once off buyer looking for that classic you have always promised yourself our expert team can offer an import service to suit your needs.

I recently had the experience of importing a car using the services of JDM Auction Watch.

I sent a general Email to them and Ross replied fairly promptly with a bit of back and forth about what I was after, a Toyota Camry Hybrid.

Quickly he provided pictures of a Grade 4.5 car. And after musing over it for a day or so I decided to go for it. It's nice that you don't have to give all of the money upfront and can stagger the payment in a few transactions.

After this Marta made everything really easy in terms of any administration that was required in relation to the transaction. She made things very straightforward and was a pleasure to deal with.

When the car arrived picking it up was very easy using their VRT registration service. The condition was beyond my expectations. It even came with a pile of service history and many panels and trim pieces still have the factory plastic protection on them which is insane for a 9 year old car. I feel I did a lot better for the money than you would do knocking around some garages.

One downside was that I had requested a car with two keys and although the car did come with 2 keys one of them is just a remote fob for some other Toyota. I found this a little disappointing but would not necessarily remove a star for it.

One of my family members is very focused on the year of a vehicle so I knew they would be more fussy than myself. This person remarked positively that the car was "in seriously excellent condition" and this was the biggest test this car could have gone through!

I would use JDM Auction Watch again and am going to be looking for another vehicle again very soon. The pen and air freshener with the paperwork was a nice touch also.

Car came in immaculate condition and the whole process was amazing and smooth, always replied whenever there was something in need, would recommend 100% to anyone who is looking to import from Japan.

Top service from start to finish. Process was made really easy with plenty of insight provided along the way as we progressed from search to bid and eventual collection. I couldn't be happier with my purchase [Lexus GS - pics to be added] and don't believe I could have found anything close to it's spec or condition on the mainland! A big thanks to the team and a special thanks to Ross for his support along the way.

Recently brought in a 2018 Toyota Crown through JDM Auction Watch and would highly recommend them to anyone looking to bring a car in from Japan.
I had many emails back and forward about different models available on the auctions and Ross was always great for getting back to me promptly with as much information as he could get.
The next car I buy I will definitely be coming back to Ross and the team as they made the whole process easy and stress free, from paying for and getting the car here, as well as bringing it for the VRT and getting a good quality set of plates made too.
A million thanks again Ross and team!

Want to be completely honest about my experience with Patrick from JDM Auction Watch. I contacted him about what I wanted and said I want a clean truck inside and out. I paid the bidding deposit and told him I was worried about bidding on something that had rust or had issues as I’ve no experience in this and didn’t fully understand the auction sheets - he assured me they wouldn’t put my bid through if it had anything bad. I thought great I can’t really go wrong here, and bid on what looked like a really clean one. Turns out the car had heavy corrosion (the front panel was rotten). They mistakenly put my bid through. I only noticed this when a couple of weeks later I got sent more pics and when I voiced my concern about it Patrick said it’s not bad - a polish and paint correction will sort it. Obviously that wasn’t true and the car needed major repairs done. When I collected the car he wasn’t anywhere to be seen just left the keys in it and said it’s ready for you. Obviously he didn’t wanted to be confronted about it face to face. He then offered to sell it for me which wasn’t an option as I would have lost a lot of money. Also offered to swap it for another one they had in stock (Not what I had wanted and worth less money). Patrick wasn’t willing to own up to his mistake and part with even a single penny of the money he made on it to help me out with the repairs. When you’re messaging/ringing him about making a purchase expect excellent communication but if you have an issue you can expect him to not return calls/texts. Please if you’re thinking of using JDM auction watch just be super careful. I know plenty of people have had good experiences but I got screwed over and left with a massive repair bill. The company that done repairs for me also found signs of poorly repaired crash damage which wasn’t on the auction sheet. There’s other decent services in Ireland for importing your car so maybe consider giving one of them a shot. If you do go with Patrick just double and triple check everything and keep in mind if sometime goes wrong you’re not going to get any actual help. See the pictures attached of what I thought I was getting vs what arrived. I’m sure he will reply to this review with some sort of bs but that doesn’t change the facts, I put my trust in his company, they failed and now I’m paying the price.

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