HOW TO BUY A CAR in ITALY as a FOREIGNER 🇮🇹 Our Experience as Expats

Purchasing a Car in Italy as a Foreigner. Is it difficult? Expensive? Should you do it? Here is our personal experience so that you can make your own choice based on your budget and expectations of your NEW LIFE in ITALY
Recently we've had questions again about this topic, so we thought we would re-share a video we did a few months ago on the subject.
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[@Subgunman]

Italy has a decent public transport system with their trains. Great for long distance transportation, sit back and relax. For those who travel by car the Italian Autostrada system is fantastic! One must remember they really enforce speed limits and the fines are quite expensive. Here in Greece they have a halfway decent bus system to go for city to city and for some routes from the large islands there are busses for major cities that will board ferry boats and continue on to the city of destination.
For us when we relocated to Greece the dealer we purchased the car from handled ALL of the paperwork including full coverage insurance. Annual licensing fees in Greece are based on engine displacement and can be quite expensive for anything two liters and above. It’s actually a money maker for the politicians, I did a detailed study on fuel usage for mixed driving, city - highway, mountain and flat driving. It actually costs more to run a vehicle with a 1.6 liter engine compared to the same car with a 2.0 liter engine. Smaller engines use far more fuel on hill and mountain driving, therefore you wind up paying an average of 650 euro more a year and not having the safety of a larger engine for mountain driving. Taxes here average to 40% of the cost of fuel per liter and the roads are substandard. Current fuel cost as of April 01, 2024 are €1.95/ Liter here on the island. Thanks for the info on the red tape of Italy, I have heard that the red tape in Portugal is horrendous.

[@ALindoGinger]

This was very helpful! I really enjoy your content on the every day life of living in Italy. It’s been VERY helpful! I don’t want to only see the great things because no where is perfect. So thank you for the honesty in your videos!

[@rossinniandco]

I'm so glad!

[@StephenSmith-ge1qf]

The bollo auto can be paid in various ways, depending on your region. I'm in Lombardia, and I pay it by"domiciliazione", which is a direct debit from the bank. Doing it this way gives me a discount of 15%. The ACI is probably the most expensive way of paying it, as they charge a fee. With regard to the codices fiscale, you'll need it for a lot of things, even ordering goods online, you'll need to use your codice fiscale. It's a social security code and is used for taxes, healthcare, pensions and everything else. To get a Carta d'identita, you'll need to register as a resident in your commune. If you succeed in this, you'll then get your I.D. card and your healthcare/codice fiscale card. Here, you need this card (Carta di servizio) for doctor's visits, prescriptions (tax deductible!), any private healthcare such as dental treatment (also tax deductible) and even to take crap to the tip.

[@rossinniandco]

👍 thanks. Didn't know the ongoing bollo could be paid by direct debit

[@stuartnicoll9359]

Thank you for the very informative video.

[@carolinecripps4417]

Very helpful video! Thanks!

[@rossinniandco]

You're welcome!

[@amymegginson-uz7jj]

Thank you for such great information

[@rossinniandco]

Our pleasure!

[@toniciabryan438]

This is so helpful. Thank you so much.

[@rossinniandco]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sonyasvab8238]

A really helpful video !! Thank you! And I agree on how we always expect more from buses etc but they seem very usable and as you say just have to check on timings. I hope to drive so good info on all the driving side too!

[@marks.2613]

Informative

[@scottmcshannon6821]

is the panda a real car? the seat cushions looked very very thin. i think driving would be comfortable for about 5 minutes.

[@KaterinaFerrara]

If there was something you would do differently about this car what would it be? For example I think I would try and get my Italian drivers license immediately and then my husband would have a year to prepare and we could avoid the small car need. I just wouldn’t drive until my year was up!

[@rossinniandco]

Ciao Katerina.
I don't think we would have done anything different, except had we known prior to leaving Australia about the importance of the car insurance records from there, then we would have gathered those papers before leaving.
Each car serves a function to us, especially as we have pets we need the bigger one, and running errands in the little one is cheaper and easier too.
There is no way we could have been without a car as we have been renovating our house here and there, have pets to take around and are trying to see and discover as much as possible

[@louisemaree2704]

I hope the polo is manual??? VW Audi and skoda all have DSG Gearboxes that have a fault and fail under 100 000 I got caught, and it cost me $3000 to fix it. 😢

[@rossinniandco]

Si, it's manual

[@thefubartraveleralibrown2947]

You said that you can only drive a car of 55 kW what are you referring too? Are you driving electric vehicles?
As kilowatts refers to electricity output It doesn’t look like it .
do you mean horsepower but under another term?
I’m confused .🤔

[@salvatoreemma]

Hi, upon settling in Italy and getting behind the wheel initially, did driving feel weird - on the left side of the car and right side of the road? 😊

[@rossinniandco]

Yes it felt weird being on the 'wrong side' 😂
It still feels a little odd and I have to make sure I don't get too close to the right

[@brianfilkowski]

Has the new driver horsepower rule changed to three years or does it remain at one?

[@rossinniandco]

Hi. We believe it has been voted on

[@vincent4810]

Very interesting. I am an Italian Citizen through ancestry and can get a Carta d' identita through my local Italian Consulate. I also possess a codice fiscale and own property in Italy. Can I purchase a car in Italy, reside part time abroad and use it while I'm in Italy?

[@rossinniandco]

I believe so. I think as long as it is kept insured, but confirm with the ACI

[@icarusmaybe6629]

It's been awhile but I think you forgot a tax for having 2 vehicles. And you didn't mention the radio tax, to have a radio in your car is an addition yearly fee.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi. The tax is charged according to each region so it may be different depending on where one lives. The prices we provided include everything we were charged for at the different government agencies

[@v.5799]

I heard that they've changed the requirements for neopatentato from one year to three years.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi. As we understand it the lawy hasn't passed yet, so anyone who gets it before that it would still 1 year

[@InHellBaby1]

You need to be a resident in order to purchase a car, no?

[@rossinniandco]

You need to have Carta d'identità. Think backwards from there.