Selling your car for export in Almelo: diesels, vans and ex-lease cars

The service is meant for vehicles on Dutch plates, because the sale ends with the vehicle being deregistered from the Dutch register for export. Typical sellers include:

• a driver with a diesel that has passed 200,000 km;
• an owner of a damaged car who would rather not have it repaired;
• a company replacing its vans or selling ex-lease cars from its fleet.

In every case, the car must have been built in 2008 or later. Not sure whether yours qualifies? Call or message us; advice and help are free.

The more complete the information, the better the car companies can assess the vehicle. Please send:

• registration number, make and model;
• year of manufacture and current mileage;
• fuel type;
• condition and any damage;
• photos of all sides, the interior, the odometer and any damage.

You can use WhatsApp or the form at the bottom of this page. The form has no upload field, so use the "Send photos and documents by WhatsApp" button: it opens a message that already contains your name and registration number if you entered them in the form. Email works too.

If your business is selling more than one vehicle, send the details per vehicle, ideally with a separate set of photos. We pass each vehicle on to our network and forward every offer that comes in, so you can decide vehicle by vehicle. If a sale goes ahead, you receive a separate vrijwaringsbewijs for each vehicle at the desk. That is handy for your records, as each one proves that the registration of that vehicle has ended.

An offer comes from a car company abroad, not from us. We pass it on and you decide whether to accept it. Saying no costs nothing and commits you to nothing. We cannot promise that every vehicle will receive an offer.

In an export sale, the car is not registered in the foreign buyer's name in the Dutch register. The RDW advises that the buyer exports the vehicle in their own name. At our desk it works like this:

1. You bring the registration card with its registration code (or the old paper parts) and hand in the yellow number plates.
2. We deregister the vehicle for export in the buyer's name.
3. You receive the vrijwaringsbewijs, after which your Dutch insurance, APK and road tax obligations for the vehicle end.
4. The buyer receives the export documents in their name and, if they drive the car away, export insurance and two white export plates.

The buyer pays for these papers. If the buyer cannot come to the Netherlands, the RDW allows a contact person in the Netherlands to arrange the export. More on our pages about vehicle export documents and export registration plates. For a buyer outside the EU, an EX-A customs export document may be needed as well.

The checklist below shows what must be at the desk; part of it comes from you and part from the buyer.

The desk is at Slachthuisweg 135 in Hengelo, about 16 km and roughly 20 minutes from the Grotestraat via the A35 and the A1. It is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:30; please call or message about 20 minutes before you arrive. Agree with the buyer who will come and when, so that everything is ready. On Sundays we work by appointment, at a higher rate for the export papers.

Fill in the form below; "Sell your car for export" is already selected. Send the photos with the WhatsApp button in the form.