A US car import calculator that shows the full landed cost
Your buyers keep asking 'what will it really cost to bring this car in?' A calculator on your site answers in seconds — customs, duty, shipping, fees — and turns each question into a lead.
I run a US car import business — who can build a calculator that shows customers the full landed cost with customs and duty?
A custom US car import calculator — customs, duty, VAT, shipping and fees rolled into one on-page total — typically runs €500–€6,000 and takes 1–2 weeks, depending on how many countries and variables it covers. I built exactly this for DreamCars: a 5-country import cost calculator, live as a web tool and a Telegram bot.
HOW IT WORKS
I collect your numbers
You hand over the formulas you already use — duty rates, customs and clearance fees, shipping tariffs, commissions — per country and case. I turn that spreadsheet logic into a working engine.
A step-by-step form
The buyer picks country, car value, age and engine, and the interface branches to ask only what their case needs. No wall of 20 fields — just the questions that change the number.
One clear total, plus the lead
The result shows the full landed cost broken down line by line, and sends you the inputs and a quote by email or straight into your CRM — so every calculation is also a warm lead.
Live where you need it
It embeds into your existing site or ships as its own page, and can pull live exchange rates via API so the totals never go stale.
This fits if you import cars from the US — or help clients do it — and the final cost follows known rules: country, value, age, engine, fixed fees. If you can work it out in a spreadsheet today, it belongs on your site as a self-serve calculator.
If you only import into one country with a single flat fee, a static price table or a free form (Tally, Google Forms) is enough — no custom build needed. And if every deal genuinely hinges on a broker's manual judgment, a calculator would give false precision; an honest 'request a quote' form serves you better.
WHAT’S INCLUDED & HOW MUCH
Does the math your buyers used to do by hand — price, quote, delivery — right on the page.
- ✓Calculation logic with your formulas, rates and lookup tables
- ✓Step-by-step interface with branching for different cases
- ✓Result on screen plus a quote/lead sent to mail or CRM
- ✓Embeds into your existing site or ships as its own page
- ✓Live data (rates, tariffs) via API where needed
from €500 · scales toward €6,000 with more countries and variables
1–2 weeks, depending on scope
Businesses whose customers keep asking 'how much will it cost' — let them self-serve.
DreamCars is this exact build: a US-car import cost calculator across 5 countries — customs, duties, delivery — live as a web app and a Telegram bot at dreamcars.company.
dreamcars.company ↗FAQ
How accurate will the totals be?
As accurate as the rules you give me. The calculator applies your exact duty rates, customs fees and delivery tariffs, so the total matches what you'd work out by hand — just instantly. For anything that moves daily, like exchange rates, it pulls a live figure via API instead of storing a number that goes stale.
Can it cover several countries with different rules?
Yes. DreamCars handles five countries, each with its own customs logic, and the form branches so the buyer only answers what their route needs. Adding countries or rule sets is mostly configuration — which is also why the price scales with how many cases and variables the engine has to cover.
Can it work as a Telegram bot too, not just on my site?
Both. DreamCars runs as a web calculator and a Telegram bot from the same logic. A bot suits buyers who live in chat and lets them get a number without opening your site; the web version is better for SEO and embedding. I can ship either, or both — the calculation engine is shared.
What do I need to provide?
The numbers you already use: duty rates, customs and clearance fees, shipping tariffs and any commissions, per country and case. A spreadsheet or even a clear written breakdown is enough — I turn that into the engine. The clearer your rules, the faster the build and the more accurate the result.
Does it just show a number, or can it capture the customer?
Both. The buyer sees the full landed cost broken down by line, and you get their inputs plus a quote by email or straight into your CRM. That turns a browsing visitor into a warm lead with a known budget, instead of a calculation that vanishes the moment they close the tab.
Describe the task — I’ll come back with an approach and a range
A couple of lines on what drains time or money. I answer myself, no account managers.