2017 Lexus IS300h
Lot TBC · Chassis AVE30
Starting bid
≈ A$8,872
¥980,000 at ¥110.46 per A$1
Est. landed
~$16,472
drive-away, QLD
- Auction
- Tuesday 3 Nov 2026 (Tomorrow)Tomorrow · Tue
- Grade
- Auction grade 4.5, Excellent
- Mileage
- 70,000 km
- Gearbox
- Automatic
Grade 4.5: very minor marks only, a well-kept car. How grades work
This 2017 Lexus IS300h (chassis AVE30), graded 4.5, with 70,000 km on the clock, in white, with a automatic gearbox, (2,500cc engine), goes under the hammer at a Japanese auction house on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026 (Tomorrow). The starting bid is ¥980,000, about A$8,872 at today's rate of ¥110.46 per A$1; the estimate below adds shipping, duty and GST, compliance and Queensland registration. CarStrike inspects the auction sheet, translates it and bids on your behalf up to a limit you set.
- Engine
- 2,500cc
- Colour
- White
- Make
- Lexus
- Trim
- IS IS300h Version L
Estimated landed cost
~$16,472 AUD drive-away
- Car at the starting bid (¥980,000)
- $8,872
- Shipping (Japan to Brisbane)
- $4,000
- Port to dealer transport
- $250
- Compliance & roadworthy
- $1,500
- Import service fee
- $1,500
- Rego & stamp duty (approx.)
- $350
At the starting bid and today's rate of ¥110.46 per A$1. Japanese-built cars are generally duty-free under JAEPA. The hammer price is usually higher than the starting bid.
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