we've done dozens of big trips - so God willing going to SA - South America for sure for 12+ months (been to SA for 5 months) (*will follow up on here)
to do a circle

Per research I see that we can buy a car in Colombia or Chili & drive around and sell it in the same country

I see that used cars are not that cheap - but I guess resell value will be similar to purchase price

BUT an idea hit me - what if I buy a car in the USA (I'm from USA) - and drive it down the Pan American highway - freight it from Panama to Colombia/Ecuador (around $1000) and import it into one of the countries there to sell

maybe even make a bit of money?

because for say same $5000 we can get a MUCH better car in the US then in Colombia or Chili and spend 12 months in it

I am trying to research on
* what would be the best car to buy/drive without getting too much attention (also there is a risk of having it stolen so something under $10,000 would do)
YET ALSO
* what would be the best car to drive/import for sale (because if there is no market / parts for it - will be hard to sell)
* what countries would I want to import to / pay import tax (duties and taxes)... THIS IS A BIG ONE - and a headache

I am sure I am forgetting and am not considering a ton of other issues / problems / options ... PLEASE advise what can you think of?

what should we consider?

any help and info on this is very much appreciated ...

thank you ...