Alain, Jim, all
Since/if you are a tech/shop owner...you could try to convince them (the DOT)that this car will be used for show or testing purposes and forgo the necessary mods to federalise it. I believe that is how the few Porsche 959s got into the US w/o being mauled up with silly US regulations/parts.
I think you can get a Euro-spec car in the USA that way, without mods for at least a year or two. Change your address after the year or two and they will probably/maybe forget you and the car!! There is also someone who brought in an Audi RS4 Avant recently for 'show and test' purposes. I saw a test of it in either European Car or EuroTuner in the past few months. The article has the importer name, maybe you could ask them how they did it. Check it out. Or let me know if you can't find that cars info and I'll search my recent mags for their info.
On another note...a local friend/car wholesaler got info from a Connecticut car federaliser a few years back to possibly bring in an E60 Limited....they were quoting him 5-7000$ to do the deal...and he could keep the euro-bits too when it was all said and done!!
Good luck !! Fabulous cars them EvoIIs.
Last edited by Jim's500E; 10-28-2004 at 10:55 AM.
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