Does a damaged auction car also get zero duty?

The rate does not follow condition, only the country of final assembly. A damaged Pontiac from an American line clears exactly like an intact car from the same plant. What condition does affect is the purchase price, and through it the customs value.

Can two cars of one model clear differently?

Yes, and it happens often. Manufacturers run one nameplate on lines on different continents, so a Pontiac can qualify for 0% while its twin from the same model year pays 10%. That is exactly why every VIN is checked on its own.

Does every Pontiac from the USA get zero duty?

No. The zero rate covers cars finally assembled in the States, and Pontiac is built in several countries at once. Two cars of the same model can carry different rates, so the answer only comes from the plant country read off the VIN.

How do you know where my Pontiac was assembled?

From the production data tied to the VIN, which carries the country and city of the plant. You type in the number, we read the plant and compare it with the condition for the preference. That beats the first character of the VIN, which points only to the manufacturer's country.

What if the Pontiac was assembled in Mexico?

Then the car enters the EU at the standard 10% rather than 0%. Where you bought it makes no difference: a car won at a sale in the States but assembled in Mexico or Canada fails the origin condition and clears like any other import.

Which Pontiac models are assembled in the States

16 Pontiac models in our database show up with American assembly, while 6 arrive only from plants outside the USA. The preference in force since 2026-07-01 cuts duty to 0% instead of 10%, but what counts is where the individual car was put together — two cars of one model can carry different rates.

Which Pontiac models are assembled in the USA?

Across the Pontiac range we confirm American assembly for 16 models, while 6 have only ever reached us from plants outside the USA. The first group can enter the EU at 0%, the second pays 10%. Where a model lists two assembly countries, only the VIN gives an answer.

Model	Assembly countries	Status	Cars in our database
G6	United States	Can be 0%	5,420
Vibe	United States	Can be 0%	5,348
Grand Prix	Canada, United States	Depends on the car	3,391
Grand Am	United States	Can be 0%	1,394
Torrent	Canada	No preference	1,107
Firebird	Canada, United States	Depends on the car	965
Solstice	United States	Can be 0%	781
Bonneville	Canada, United States	Depends on the car	704
G5	United States	Can be 0%	630
G8	Australia	No preference	593
Sunfire	Mexico, United States	Depends on the car	552
Montana	United States	Can be 0%	493
GTO	Australia	No preference	343
Aztek	Mexico	No preference	188
Fiero	United States	Can be 0%	129
G3	South Korea	No preference	61
Lemans	Egypt, Israel, South Korea	No preference	40
Trans Sport	United States	Can be 0%	33
Sunbird	United States	Can be 0%	28
6000	Canada, United States	Depends on the car	11
Parisienne	Canada, United States	Depends on the car	10
Safari	United States	Can be 0%	1

Models of “American” brands without zero duty

6 Pontiac models have only ever reached us from plants outside the USA, and those enter the EU at 10%. That is not a lesser version of the car: the difference sits in the assembly country, which follows the manufacturer's production plan rather than the target market or the trim.

Model	Assembly countries	Status	Cars in our database
Torrent	Canada	No preference	1,107
G8	Australia	No preference	593
GTO	Australia	No preference	343
Aztek	Mexico	No preference	188
G3	South Korea	No preference	61
Lemans	Egypt, Israel, South Korea	No preference	40

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How do you check a specific car?

The VIN is the only thing that settles the rate for a Pontiac. Enter it before you bid rather than after: the gap between 0% and 10% moves the maximum figure worth chasing. The check is free and needs no account.

How much will you save?

The saving has two sources and both are percentages: 10% of duty disappears, and the 23% VAT base drops by exactly the line that was never added. On a Pontiac from a line outside the USA neither effect fires. The calculator shows both routes from the same inputs.

Work out the import cost

Zero-duty paperwork — our job

Zero-duty paperwork is our half of the job. We read the assembly plant from production data, prepare the customs declaration and deal with the agency on your behalf. You pick a Pontiac and bid; we run the procedure.

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