My stepfather was visiting this weekend, and we were too busy working in the garden for us to look something up on t'Internet, so I'm throwing the question out there to the empeg braintrust.

Basically, he wants to import a Japanese-spec Chevrolet Dayvan. I'm not sure which year. He's planning on finding one in Japan (apparently the spec's better: more extras) and having it shipped to Europe (import duty's cheaper than the UK).

He's heard that there are various Japanese-based websites that cater to English-speaking people wanting to do pretty much this.

Unfotrtunately, we didn't have any time to hit Google before he left this evening, and I know that some of you guys have experience importing cars, so I wondered if you could give me some pointers that I can forward on to him?