How much does a container of used engines cost?
Most suppliers answer this question with 'contact us'. Here is the actual arithmetic, using the per-unit prices we publish, so you can budget a container before you ever message anyone.
Wholesale onlyRegular orders are one full container — 90 engines in a 20-ft or 130 in a 40-ft, or with gearboxes 45 + 45 / 65 + 65. New customers can make their first purchase from 10 engines (10, 20, 30 or 40), with gearboxes and consolidated shipping, at list price, with no first-order surcharge (LCL freight quoted separately): first-order offer. A second order can start from 45 engines, also at list price. We do not sell single units.
More modelsBeyond the models on this page we hold many more — 488 engine and gearbox families in our warehouse list, always subject to inventory changes. Tell us how many units you need so we can give you the best price: full stock list.
The three numbers that set the total
A container price is quantity × per-unit price + freight. The quantity follows the configuration you choose: 90 engines or 45 engines + 45 gearboxes in a 20-ft, 130 engines or 65 engines + 65 gearboxes in a 40-ft. The per-unit price depends on the model mix. Freight is charged per container, by lane, and moves with the market.
The per-unit prices, published
ENGICOR publishes wholesale per-unit prices for seventeen engine models, valid for full-container orders. The four Toyota focus models: 1NZ-FE and 2NZ-FE at USD 780, 2ZR-FE at USD 410 and 2AZ-FE at USD 520. The wider published range: Toyota 1ZZ-FE at USD 670, Toyota 1AZ-FE at USD 490, Nissan QR25DE at USD 470, Nissan MR20DE at USD 340, Nissan HR16DE at USD 300, Isuzu 4JB1 at USD 470, and the Hyundai-Kia range — G4FA and G4FC at USD 340, G4FG at USD 490, G4KA at USD 450, G4KD at USD 500, G4KE at USD 730 and G4NA at USD 740. Other models and makes are a commercial enquiry, priced in the quotation.
Used gearboxes, for the mixed configurations only, carry their own published prices, lower than the engines: for example USD 190 for the 1NZ-FE and 2NZ-FE gearboxes, USD 260 for the 2ZR-FE, USD 190 for the 1ZZ-FE, 1AZ-FE and MR20DE (CVT) gearboxes, and for the HR16DE either USD 190 (conventional automatic) or USD 230 (CVT) — these five are two-wheel drive only. Used gearboxes are sold untested and as-is (in their current condition).
Worked examples
A 20-ft loaded entirely with 1NZ-FE: 90 × 780 = USD 70,200 in engines, before freight. A 20-ft of 2ZR-FE: 90 × 410 = USD 36,900. A 40-ft of engines only — say 100 units of 1NZ/2NZ and 30 of 2AZ — lands at 100 × 780 + 30 × 520 = USD 93,600.
Mixed configurations add gearboxes at gearbox prices, inside the same total count. A 20-ft of 45 1NZ-FE engines + 45 1NZ-FE gearboxes: 45 × 780 + 45 × 190 = USD 43,650. A 40-ft of 65 engines (40 1NZ-FE + 25 2ZR-FE) and 65 gearboxes (40 1NZ-FE + 25 2ZR-FE): 31,200 + 10,250 + 7,600 + 6,500 = USD 55,550.
These are totals at published prices, not quotations: the final figure for your shipment, with availability per model and freight to your port, is confirmed in writing before payment, always.
What freight adds
Sea freight is per container, not per unit, which is why the 40-ft carries the lower freight cost per unit — the same kind of box fee spread over 130 units instead of 90. Published prices are FOB; freight depends on your discharge port and the season and is quoted separately. The logistics company that has its office at the Guangzhou warehouse coordinates the container and export documents, and route, Incoterm and freight are confirmed in each quotation.
What matters for budgeting: freight is typically a small fraction of the goods total on a full container, and it rewards the 40-ft — but only if 130 units sell through at your counter. If they take six months to clear, the freight saving is smaller than the cost of the capital sitting still.
Why the cheap quote is usually the expensive one
A container quoted meaningfully below the arithmetic above is answering a different question — usually with ungraded stock, mixed grades sold as one, or engines that exist only in the photos. What the ENGICOR per-unit price buys is a Grade A selection from a large-scale warehouse, and a documented check: each engine is cleaned, handled and looked over, its crankshaft is turned by hand with a tool to confirm that the mechanism rotates, and it is photographed from every side, with a photo file for your order.
What the check covers: a manual crankshaft rotation check and an individual photo record. It is not a compression, leak-down, bench or running test, so on its own it does not prove how an engine will run once installed.
Price a container yourself
Build the mix you want in the online quoter — 90 engines in a 20-ft or 130 in a 40-ft, or 45 + 45 / 65 + 65 with gearboxes — and the FOB total reaches your inbox the same minute, at our published per-unit prices, every engine Grade A. Prefer to ask? Tell us the destination country and the models you need and we reply within one business day, usually within hours.
New customer? Your first order can start with 10, 20, 30 or 40 engines, with gearboxes and consolidated shipping available — first purchase only, at list price, with no first-order surcharge. See the first-order offer →
Frequently asked
Is the price per engine or per container?
Published prices are per unit, for full-container orders — 90 or 130 engines, or 45 + 45 and 65 + 65 engines and gearboxes. The container total is the sum of the mix you choose, plus freight for your lane.
Can I get a lower per-unit price on a 40-ft?
The published per-unit prices are the same; what falls on a 40-ft is the freight cost per unit, because one container fee covers 130 units instead of 90.
Do the published prices include shipping?
No. Prices are FOB; freight depends on your port and the season and is quoted separately. Both appear, in writing, in the quotation you confirm before payment.
Can I order half a container to try?
Yes, as a trial order: first-time buyers can start with 10 to 40 engines from the seventeen published models, shipped LCL (in a shared container), at our published list price per unit, with no first-order surcharge; LCL sea freight from Guangzhou is quoted separately. Your second order can start from 45 engines, also at list price, shipped LCL or in a shared 20-ft container. From then on, full containers at list price — a 20-ft of 90 engines is the usual entry point, deliberately the size a first-time importer can sell through.