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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
South America · Uruguay
The best Chinese cars to import into Uruguay
This is the answer we give when a buyer asks the question in one line: which Chinese cars are actually worth importing into Uruguay. 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
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BYD
BYD Atto 3
The EV that settled the price argument: a compact SUV with an LFP battery, dealer service in the Gulf, and a duty bill of 5% of CIF where electrics are favoured.
5 · Front-wheel drive · Electric (EV)
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Geely
Geely Coolray
The small SUV that made Chinese cars normal in Algiers and Riyadh: 1.5 turbo, low duty band, and a cabin that still feels new at five years old.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,477 cc
- 05
HAVAL
HAVAL H6
A volume crossover with a long model run, so parts and diagnostics are already familiar across the Gulf and Africa.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,497 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 Uruguay
Uruguay
Lexus
Lexus RX 350 2019
- Model Year
- 2019
- Seats
- 5
- Power Type
- Petrol
- Transmission
- 8-speed automatic
Price on Request
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BYD
BYD Song Plus DM-i 2022 110km
- Model Year
- 2022
- Seats
- 5
- Power Type
- Hybrid (HEV)
- Transmission
- E-CVT
Price on Request
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Uruguay
What buyers ask before they choose
- What is the vehicle age limit for importing a car into Uruguay?
- Used vehicles are admitted only by exception under Decreto 266/013, which requires a statement of necessity. Practically, treat Uruguay as a new-vehicle market.
- Do Chinese left-hand-drive cars work in Uruguay?
- Uruguay 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. Used vehicles are admitted only by exception under Decreto 266/013, which requires a statement of necessity. Practically, treat Uruguay as a new-vehicle market.
- Which port does a car from China clear at for Uruguay?
- Montevideo. Montevideo takes regular RoRo and container calls and is a well-organised port of entry, which is why it works for new-vehicle programmes.
- How much does it cost to import a car from China to Uruguay?
- Charges are confirmed per unit against the tariff in force, so this lane is quoted rather than priced from a table. Send the model, model year and engine size and you get the full landed cost.
- 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 Uruguay?
- 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.
South America · Montevideo
Get a Uruguay 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.