Legal to import Audis from Canada into the US/California?

[Kent McLean]

Jim Jordan wrote:
> I've noticed several Canadian cars for sale and at least one posting said
> that it wouldn't be legal to import into the US.  Is this true of all
> Canadian Audi's, or just certain ones?  Anybody know the real answer?  I'm
> mostly interested in bringing them into California.

It depends on the car.  Some are easy, requiring only minor
changes and appropriate paperwork, others are more complex
and more expensive to federalize.

See:
http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Mar/9/127477.html
http://www.bmwworld.com/bmw/importing.htm

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Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke