Marketplace Digest, Vol 16, Issue 10

[sdewitt at stx.rr.com]

They must be certified on crashes and emissions according to the feds.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bernard Littau <bernard.littau at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:38 pm
Subject: Re: Marketplace Digest, Vol 16, Issue 10

> > 
> > Where did you find it specifically stated that "substantially 
> similar"> doesn't include the transmission type?
> > 
> 
> I did not find this stated anywhere.  However, it is common hearsay
> that: Manual transmission versions of cars such as the A8 are not
> imported because they need to be crash tested in the manual
> configuration.  The potential market for manual versions is to small
> to justify the expense of crash testing.
> 
> Bernard
> Woodinville, WA
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