Guides

Import guides written per market: conformity regime, port and transit time, landed cost structure and the mistakes importers make.

Import Vehicles from China to Peru: Compliance, Shipping and Landed Cost

Import Vehicles from China to Peru: Compliance, Shipping and Landed Cost

7 min read

What actually decides a vehicle import into Peru: left-hand drive, the Vehicle technical regulation administered through the transport ministry, with homologation registered before commercialisation conformity regime, Callao (Lima), Paita in the north, Matarani in the south for mining traffic and the landed cost components that matter more than the invoice price.

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China-Market Cars Abroad: Language, Connectivity, Fuel and Other Differences

China-Market Cars Abroad: Language, Connectivity, Fuel and Other Differences

6 min read

A car engineered for Chinese buyers carries Chinese menus, Chinese online services, Chinese fuel assumptions and Chinese road-sign training. What keeps working abroad, what stops, and what cannot be changed later.

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CVT Care in Hot Climates and City Traffic

CVT Care in Hot Climates and City Traffic

5 min read

How a belt-type CVT works, why its fluid is a friction material rather than a lubricant, what heat and stop-start traffic do to it, and the warning signs to act on, using the Crider's gearbox as the example.

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How to Decode a Chinese VIN Before You Pay

How to Decode a Chinese VIN Before You Pay

6 min read

The seventeen characters that follow a car from the factory to your customs office: manufacturer code, check digit, model year and plant, where they appear on the car, and the mismatches that should stop a deal.

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How to Check an EV Battery Before Buying for Export

How to Check an EV Battery Before Buying for Export

10 min read

A practical checklist for assessing an electric vehicle battery before export purchase. Learn what diagnostic evidence to request, what an inspection can verify and how to judge battery readings in context.

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Servicing a Honda Crider Outside China: Parts, Fluids and Diagnostics

Servicing a Honda Crider Outside China: Parts, Fluids and Diagnostics

5 min read

The Crider is easy to own in China and unfamiliar almost everywhere else. Which parts come from a shared Honda family, which only come from China, and how to equip a workshop before the cars arrive.

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Shipping Electric Vehicles: Battery Transport Compliance

Shipping Electric Vehicles: Battery Transport Compliance

4 min read

Battery transport documentation, carrier-specific charging instructions for sea shipments, and the difference between shipping a vehicle with its battery installed and shipping a loose battery pack.

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Specifying Buses for Public Transport Tenders

Specifying Buses for Public Transport Tenders

3 min read

The specification lines that decide whether a bid is compliant, seating and door configurations against route type, and the durability items tender documents rarely state but evaluators always check.

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Truck Upfits: From Chassis Cab to Finished Vehicle

Truck Upfits: From Chassis Cab to Finished Vehicle

3 min read

Whether to body a chassis in China or at destination, the weight and dimension limits that constrain the decision, and the homologation consequence of upfitting after import.

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