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Wuling
Wuling Hongguang V
The cheapest way to move people or goods: a small MPV that clears in the lowest band and pays for itself on a passenger route.
7 · Rear-wheel drive · 1,485 cc
West Africa · Côte d’Ivoire
The best Chinese cars to import into Côte d’Ivoire
This is the answer we give when a buyer asks the question in one line: which Chinese cars are actually worth importing into Côte d’Ivoire. 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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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
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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
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MG
MG ZS
The cheapest way into a new compact SUV with a real dealer network — the reason it outsells objectively better cars in Riyadh and Amman.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,498 cc
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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
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 Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire
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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Côte d’Ivoire
What buyers ask before they choose
- What is the vehicle age limit for importing a car into Côte d’Ivoire?
- An age limit applies to used vehicles, and a COC / conformity certificate is required before shipment.
- Do Chinese left-hand-drive cars work in Côte d’Ivoire?
- Côte d’Ivoire 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 and a COC or equivalent certificate of conformity must be in place before shipment. Certification is the usual failure point on this lane: without it the unit sits at Abidjan while the paperwork is resolved from abroad.
- Which port does a car from China clear at for Côte d’Ivoire?
- Abidjan. Abidjan takes both RoRo and containers, and the port is set up for onward road movement into the Sahel. Shipping to Abidjan and quoting the inland leg separately gives buyers in landlocked markets a figure they can actually work with.
- How much does it cost to import a car from China to Côte d’Ivoire?
- 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 Côte d’Ivoire?
- 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 · Abidjan
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