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Chery
Chery Tiggo 8
The seven-seat SUV a family can actually afford: new-unit warranty, a cabin that reads premium, and dealer support in most of these markets now.
7 · Front-wheel drive · 1,598 cc
West Africa · Benin
The best Chinese cars to import into Benin
This is the answer we give when a buyer asks the question in one line: which Chinese cars are actually worth importing into Benin. Each pick below is quoted with its own landed-cost calculation for this market, from the duty band its engine falls into to the port where it clears.
The five we would put on the water
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BYD
BYD Song Plus DM-i
A plug-in hybrid for buyers who pay for fuel at the pump: roughly 100 km of electric range on the commute and no range anxiety on the inter-city run.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,498 cc
- 03
Toyota
Toyota Hilux
The pickup the region’s fleets already run. Parts in every port city, a diesel that survives bad fuel, and resale that never falls off a cliff.
5 · 4×4 · 2,393 cc
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JAC
JAC T8
The double cab that opened the Chinese pickup market in Latin America: the parts network is already there and the diesel takes local fuel.
5 · 4×4 · 1,999 cc
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GWM
GWM Poer
The work pickup with a new-unit warranty: double cab, diesel, and priced under a used Hilux of the same year.
5 · 4×4 · 1,996 cc
Three of the five are current stock; the other two are sourced to order. Say which one and the year, and the FOB and CIF figures come back the same day.
Checked September 24, 2026
Stock ready for Benin
Benin
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2019 C200
- Model Year
- 2019
- Seats
- 5
- Power Type
- Petrol
- Transmission
- 9G-TRONIC automatic
Price on Request
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Lexus
Lexus RX 350 2019
- Model Year
- 2019
- Seats
- 5
- Power Type
- Petrol
- Transmission
- 8-speed automatic
Price on Request
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Benin
What buyers ask before they choose
- What is the vehicle age limit for importing a car into Benin?
- An age limit applies to used vehicles.
- Do Chinese left-hand-drive cars work in Benin?
- Benin drives on the right, so a left-hand-drive car is the correct vehicle type: the steering wheel is on the side the road requires. Every car we ship is left-hand drive. An age limit applies to used vehicles. Informal clearance practice is common on this corridor, which cuts both ways: an incomplete file costs far more in delay than the saving at the desk.
- Which port does a car from China clear at for Benin?
- Cotonou. Cotonou handles both RoRo and containers and connects onward by road to Niger. Quoting a full document set — invoice, COC, title, packing list — alongside the price avoids most of the delay this lane is known for.
- How much does it cost to import a car from China to Benin?
- Customs charges on CIF — the vehicle price plus freight and insurance — and never on the invoice alone. Base duty is 20% of CIF. 3 further lines stack on top: Statistical levy, ECOWAS levy, VAT. Run the numbers through the landed-cost calculator and treat the result as a planning figure: the final figure exists only once customs assesses the specific vehicle.
- How do I know the car is as described before it ships?
- Every unit is photographed and videoed at the yard, and the walkaround goes to you before the balance is due. Loading is supervised, and a unit that fails the agreed specification at that point is stopped rather than shipped.
- Is it cheaper to ship one car or several to Benin?
- RoRo is the simplest option for a single unit. A 40ft container normally carries two to four cars, so once you have enough volume to fill one, the cost per car drops noticeably — and the vehicles are not exposed on deck. Both are quoted on request for this lane.
West Africa · Cotonou
Get a Benin landed-cost quote
Send the model, model year and destination port. You get an FOB or CIF price, the document list this market requires, and the next sailing we can load.