[750hp]

Bruce - as nice as it sounds to drive someone's car for 12 months, the process for bringing it in is very heavily controlled to ensure that whoever had it overseas is the only person who can bring it to Australia (and you have to prove that you're coming here to live for good:

Criteria, use of the vehicle

The vehicle must have been available to you for use in transport. This means that the vehicle must have been available to be driven by you, at all times during the 12 month qualifying period. The vehicle should be registered (in your name) and garaged (proximate to your residence) throughout the 12 month qualifying period, so that you could, if needed, drive the vehicle. In addition, you must have held an appropriate licence to drive the vehicle overseas.

Criteria, citizenship and visa requirements

Applicants must fall into one of the following categories. You must:

be an Australian citizen; or
have applied to become an Australian citizen; or
be an Australian permanent resident (eg, hold a permanent visa); or
have applied to become an Australian permanent resident (eg, applied for a permanent visa); or
hold a visa that allows you to apply to become an Australian permanent resident (eg, hold a temporary visa that allows you to apply for a permanent visa); or otherwise
be entitled to remain in Australia indefinitely (eg, be a New Zealand citizen).
In addition, applicants must intend to change their residence. Applicants must have been resident in a foreign country (throughout the qualifying period of 12 months ownership and use of the vehicle) but now intend to become Australian residents on a permanent basis and remain in Australia indefinitely.