Verification
Trust is the product.
Everything else is logistics: the sourcing, the freight, the clearing. Logistics can be bought. What cannot be bought is a reason to send money to someone for a car sitting 5,000 miles away. This page is how we build that reason.
01. The inspection
Carried out by someone who does not work for us.
This is the part that matters, and it is the part most importers quietly skip. The inspector is an independent third party, engaged and paid per vehicle. They have no stake in whether you buy the car, which is the only arrangement under which their report means anything.
Their fee, between $150 and $350 depending on location, is itemised on every vehicle page. You can see exactly what it cost.
The shot list is standardised and never varies. It does not matter whether the inspector is in Georgia, Texas or Florida, or whether the car is a Lexus or a Ferrari.
The standard capture
- Full exterior 360° walkaround
- Full interior 360°, front and rear
- Engine bay, cold and running
- Undercarriage where safely accessible
- Odometer close-up, legible
- VIN plate close-ups: dash, door jamb, title
- Every panel at close range under even light
- Any defect photographed specifically, not glossed
The written report
- Mechanical: engine, transmission, suspension, fault codes
- Cosmetic: panel by panel, paint depth where relevant
- Prior damage indicators: repairs, repaints, panel gaps
- Title and VIN: matched across all locations
- Odometer: verified against service records
Why we do it this way
The report is also the baseline.
It is not just there to help you decide. It is kept on file, and it is the reference point against which two separate promises are measured.
Our delivery assurance says the car that arrives matches the condition that report documented. If it does not, because something happened on the ocean leg or the last mile, we repair, replace, or compensate. You never absorb transit damage. That is only enforceable because the condition at purchase was documented by a neutral party and timestamped.
Our six-month warranty covers faults that surface after delivery. That is only workable because the report proves a fault is new rather than pre-existing wear you were always going to inherit.
02. The payments
Every release is tied to a document.
Not to a date, and not to a phone call. A milestone cannot advance because time has passed. It advances because a specific piece of paper exists and you have seen it.
Order deposit
Signed order and agreed vehicle criteria. Sourcing begins against your specification.
Proof: written order confirmationPurchase and verification
Vehicle bought, title in hand. This is the gate: you review the full package first.
Proof: title, VIN, inspection report, 360° captureShipment
Vehicle loaded and on the water.
Proof: Bill of Lading, loading photos, vessel and ETADelivery
Cleared, transported, and handed over at your address.
Proof: customs clearance, signed handover, handover videoOn escrow
For first transactions with a new client, funds route through an escrow arrangement or attorney trust account rather than a direct company wire. It costs very little relative to the size of these deals and it is the single largest trust upgrade available to either side. We would rather you ask us about this than not.
Milestone two is gated on you actually opening the verification package, not merely on it existing. The point is an informed release, not a checkbox someone ticks on your behalf.
03. After delivery
Six months, priced per brand.
One blanket policy across nine brands would be a lie, because parts availability in Nigeria varies enormously between them. A Lexus and a Rolls-Royce are not the same proposition and we will not price them as though they were.
| Brand | Parts and service in Nigeria | What that means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | High | Established dealer and independent network. Most parts locally available or on short lead time. |
| Lexus | High | Shares supply with Toyota: the widest service footprint in the country. The easiest brand here to live with. |
| BMW | High | Well-established specialists in Lagos and Abuja. |
| Audi | Moderate–high | Good, but thinner than Mercedes or BMW: particularly for RS models. Lead time disclosed up front on those. |
| Range Rover | Moderate | Known for above-average fault rates, especially air suspension and electrics. Highest reserve we carry on a volume-line brand. |
| Porsche | Moderate | Workable for mainstream models. Low for top-trim and GT cars, where parts come in on an import lead time we quote first. |
| Maybach | Low | Parts are imported per claim. Realistic lead times are stated in the warranty terms, not discovered mid-claim. |
| Rolls-Royce | Low | As above. Coverage is real, but the timeline is honest. |
| Ferrari | Low | As above. We would rather lose a sale than promise a turnaround we cannot meet. |
Warranty reserve per unit sits between roughly $250 and $1,500 depending on brand, and is itemised inside the service line on every vehicle page. Coverage runs six months from the date of handover and requires the inspection report as its documented baseline.
Straight answers
Questions people actually ask
What if I do not like what the inspection shows?
Then you do not release milestone two, and we source a different vehicle against the same deposit. That is the entire reason the gate exists. We would far rather absorb the sourcing effort than deliver you a car you saw a problem with and felt obliged to accept.
Can the price change after I have paid a deposit?
Only if Nigerian customs policy changes between quotation and clearance, which does happen, because duty rates and age-of-import rules move. If it does, we tell you before we buy, with the new figure, and you can withdraw. What will never happen is a surprise at the port.
Why can I not just fly to the US and drive it home myself?
You can, and some people should. What you would be taking on is sourcing, title verification, export documentation, freight booking, marine insurance, a clearing agent at Apapa, and the inland leg, plus the currency exposure across the weeks in between. Our price includes all of it, and the warranty afterwards. If that is not worth it to you, we would honestly rather you did it yourself.
Do you finance?
No. Every transaction is cash, paid across the four milestones above. There is no lender, no underwriting and no repossession risk, which is exactly what makes the milestone structure possible in the first place.
Can I see the car before the deposit rather than after?
For vehicles already in our inventory, yes. Everything on record is on the vehicle page today, and you can book a live video walkthrough with us before committing anything. For a sourced vehicle the car does not exist yet, so the deposit funds the search and the inspection is what you see before the larger payment.
Still not sure? Ask us something hard.
We would rather answer an awkward question now than have you wondering about it after a deposit.