Landed cost means registered-and-ready cost, not merely vehicle plus freight.
Define the decision
Add VIN-specific vehicle, inspection, correction, inland transport, export, port, ocean freight and insurance, then destination valuation, duty, tax, broker, storage, conformity, registration and local delivery.
Evidence to collect
Give every input a currency, date, source, tax basis and owner. Record whether engine size, fuel, age, origin or customs value changes treatment.
Risk and export exposure
Taxes may apply in sequence. Exchange movement, storage, document correction, parts and repair uncertainty should be modelled rather than hidden in one percentage.
Apply it to a candidate
Build expected and adverse cases and compare with a supported local alternative. The adverse total should remain financially manageable.
Build the VIN record
Create a dated folder named by VIN. Record vehicle and inspection, china logistics, freight and insurance with source documents, photographs, diagnostic output or inspection results. Keep duty and tax, registration costs, contingency as named actions until the responsible reviewer closes them. A replacement vehicle starts a new file rather than inheriting another candidate's evidence.
Independent review
Assign each field to a reviewer with the relevant competence. Technical, legal, shipping and destination questions should not be answered by one general seller statement. If records conflict, preserve both versions and request the exact document, test or image that resolves the difference before payment.
Commercial hold points
Connect payment to evidence. Confirm identity before reservation, condition before final technical acceptance, contract wording before a major transfer and loading condition before handover. A changed VIN, beneficiary, delivery point or accepted exception reopens the relevant approval gate.
Arrival and ownership control
Freeze the odometer, warning state, keys, accessories, body condition and unresolved exceptions before loading. Compare the arrival vehicle with that record before cleaning or repair. Preserve evidence for claims and give the destination workshop the exact version, service and diagnostic baseline.
Compare two candidates on the same boundary
Use identical columns for vehicle and inspection, china logistics, freight and insurance, duty and tax, registration costs, contingency. Mark a blank as unknown rather than zero, absent or passed. Attach the source date beside each entry and exclude unverified equipment from value. The better candidate is the one that satisfies the destination task with acceptable evidence and complete cost, not necessarily the newest or cheapest listing.
Record what could change before shipment
Odometer, warning state, software, tyres, seller authority, quotation validity and carrier instructions can change after initial approval. Name the items that require a fresh check before final payment and loading. Keep the earlier evidence as history instead of overwriting it; a visible timeline makes substitutions and late changes easier to detect.
Write the approval result
Finish with pass, hold or reject. A hold must name the missing evidence, owner and deadline. Approval means the buyer understands the remaining limits; it does not turn an unknown into a confirmed feature or remove destination responsibility.
Record the evidence date and the person who reviewed it. If a candidate changes, repeat the affected checks instead of carrying an earlier approval to another VIN, model year or seller.
Calculate Geely Coolray Landed Cost: checklist
Mark every item confirmed, unresolved or rejected and link its evidence to the candidate VIN.
- Vehicle and inspection
- China logistics
- Freight and insurance
- Duty and tax
- Registration costs
- Contingency
Model expected and adverse totals separately
Give every line a source date, currency and owner, then show what happens if freight, storage, conformity or repair assumptions move. A reserve should answer named uncertainty, not conceal missing research. Bring the vehicle basis from the price comparison and shipping inputs from the route guide.
Buyer questions
What is landed cost?
The complete cost to make the vehicle registered and ready at destination.
Are all Coolray versions taxed alike?
Not necessarily; engine, age and destination rules can change treatment.
How should contingency be set?
Tie it to specific unresolved lines and inspection evidence.