I presume that Ian101 Toyota manufacturers were in the same as 'boat' as Peugeot/Citroen. Peugeot Citroen have a body shop in the Corby area which deals solely with repairing damage to brand new vehicles in transit. One of my old window cleaning customers used to work there.
At one time (a few years ago) they ran 3 shifts a week day to keep on top of the damage to vehicles sustained from France to the ferry, from the ferry to Sheerness and then onto the distribution centers.
So if anyone feels they have done the right thing by buying a new vehicle, they may have mechanically; just don't count on it being accident free as there is a good chance it isn't.