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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 · Nigeria
The best Chinese cars to import into Nigeria
This is the answer we give when a buyer asks the question in one line: which Chinese cars are actually worth importing into Nigeria. 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 Nigeria
Nigeria
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
Ask
Nigeria
What buyers ask before they choose
- how much does it cost to import a car from china to nigeria
- Budget the landed cost, not the FOB price. Nigeria assesses on its own accepted value through the VIN valuation system, then charges 20% duty on that CIF, the import levy on the vehicle (5% on used cars since 1 July 2026, 10% on new), the Green Tax by engine band, a 7% surcharge on the duty figure alone, the ECOWAS ETLS levy, the CISS/FOB levy and 7.5% VAT on everything stacked above it. A 1.5-litre sedan and a 3.0-litre SUV bought at the same FOB land thousands of dollars apart.
- how to import cars from china to nigeria
- Four things have to be true before the unit sails: the model year is inside the 12-year cap, SONCAP is issued in China, the shipping line booking names the right consignee, and the valuation the customs system will generate has been sanity-checked. Then RoRo or container to Apapa or Tin Can Island. We hold the first three and hand you the document set that makes the Lagos entry routine.
- how long does it take to ship a car from china to nigeria
- Three to five weeks of sailing from Shanghai, Ningbo or Guangzhou to Lagos, plus one to two weeks of entry at Apapa or Tin Can Island. RoRo is usual for a unit that drives; a container is used when it does not, or when the buyer wants spares shipped inside the same box.
- how much is shipping fee from china to nigeria
- Planning freight on the Lagos lane runs roughly $1,800 to $2,600 per unit by RoRo, and more for a container once the box, the loading and the demurrage risk are counted. Freight moves with the sailing and the bunker surcharge, so it is locked at booking and shown as its own line on every quotation.
- where to buy cars in nigeria
- Lagos carries the volume: Apapa and Tin Can Island around the port, Ladipo for parts, and the Berger yards along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The sellers worth a first call publish a landed cost per model instead of a call-for-price.
- top chinese cars in nigeria
- By what actually clears: Toyota Corolla and Camry for ride-hailing fleets, Hilux and Land Cruiser Prado for anyone who leaves the city, GWM Poer and Isuzu D-Max for work, and BYD or Chery for buyers who want a new unit with the warranty still running.
- how much is toyota corolla in nigeria
- A 2019 to 2022 Corolla lands in the high teens to mid twenties of thousands of dollars depending on year, trim and the Lagos entry. Its 1.5-litre engine keeps it in the cheapest Green Tax band, which is exactly why it is the safest unit to clear in Nigeria.
- What is the vehicle age limit for importing a car into Nigeria?
- 12 years. Nigerian Customs works to a hard 12-year cap; some agents still quote a 10-year reading, so the year is confirmed before money moves.
West Africa · Lagos
Get a Nigeria 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.