Buying a Car from S&S Auto

When purchasing any vehicle from S&S, you’ll get personal attention. Providing a worry-free service from start to finish, we will expedite, register, insure, pick-up, deliver your new car right to your door. We’ll also bring the vehicle to the dealership for the first year for warranty service.

There is no extra cost to you when buying a new car. With our experience and bilingual staff, we work to achieve a confident level of professional expertise. Working with most major dealerships in Guadalajara, and they pay our commission.

There are annual registration fees to be paid the first quarter of each year on all Mexican-plated vehicles. To avoid unnecessary fines, S&S Auto will also be sure to remind their clients when it’s time to renew registration on your vehicle, S&S also offers this service.

Advantages of a Mexican-Plated Vehicle

• Unlike a foreign-plated vehicle, anyone can drive a Mexican-plated vehicle as long as they have a valid driver’s license and permission, and no extra insurance is required.
• You can sell your Mexican-plated vehicle, but a foreign-plated vehicle must leave the country to have the ownership legally transferred.
• Contrary to years back when there were few options available and car prices were high, today there are a very large competitive market offering more makes and models and lower pricing. Sometimes pricing is lower than that in Canada and the U.S.
• Although there is a cost for the annual renewal fees, this could be offset by having to maintain insurance and registration costs of keeping a foreign-plated vehicle here in Mexico.
• If you work in Mexico, you can use this purchase as a huge right-off.
• There are warranty issues with some manufacturers, as they will not honor the warranty of a foreign-plated vehicle in Mexico. Be sure to check that before you bring your car down.
• You only need to maintain insurance in Mexico on a Mexican-plated vehicle unless you plan to drive to the U.S. and Canada
• Parts would most likely be easier to obtain for a Mexican-plated vehicle

Whether you live, work full or part-time in Mexico, it makes sense to purchase a Mexican-plated vehicle.

Documents needed to PURCHASE a vehicle in Mexico:

• photo identification (passport)
• tourist document (FMT, FM2 or FM3) foreigners only
• proof of address (telephone, electric receipt or bank statement)
  • must be no older than 60 days
  • must show full address (postal box is not accepted)
  • if proof of address is not in the name of the buyer, then copy of rental or purchase agreement must accompany proof of address.

Documents needed to SELL a vehicle in Mexico:

• original factura endorsed on reverse by seller
• last five years of registration (tenencia & refrendo) payments
• documents for purchaser (see above)