[V8] Canadian V8's

D Morralee superdaveski at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 11 04:14:30 PST 2009


Any Audi that is imported into North America is good on both sides of the boarder . The Canadian cars have a DOT sticker on the door pillar already.  There are some small things that have to be changed with vehicles coming up from the states . Things like Day lite running lights have to be working . I don't know all the laws on this but I know it isn't that hard anymore. ( both ways ) Back in the late 80's Free trade agreement between Canada and the USA established guild lines. I believe they started by charging a duty for cars built and assbly. Canada/US/Mexico that were 15 years or younger, the next year it was 14ys and younger and so on. 
 
cheers superdave ( Ottawa ) 
 
IMPORT DUTY. An Import Duty may also be payable at the same time. Duty is only applicable to non-NAFTA vehicles and is calculated at 6.1%. NAFTA cars are vehicles that have been manufactured or have been assembled in Canada/US/Mexico with a minimum of 55% content. A "NAFTA" vehicle is exempt of ANY tariffs, duties or taxes when sold in Canada/US/Mexico. A "NAFTA" vehicle can be easily determined by looking at the VIN number. If the first character of the VIN is a NUMBER then it is DUTY FREE. If the first character is a letter, the vehicle is subject to a 6.1% Import Duty. 
 
everything you wanted to know about NAFTA ( AUTO's ) and were afraid to ask .
 
http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/books/assess_nafta/auto_goods.html
 
 
 
> From: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> To: mark.afheldt at zerox.com> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:45:36 -0500> CC: v8 at audifans.com> Subject: [V8] Canadian V8's> > Aha! I knew it. Someone once told me if it was too good to be true, it> probably was! :)> > Since Mark is IN Canada, he is the most logical V8 Addict...er...ENTHUSIAST> to get one of Gunter's V8's. Choose on, and color it "GONE". A perfect> solution.> > The other car should go to Ron since he has been in this soap opera lots> longer than me, for sure. How about this scenario:> > Perhaps the car could be driven across the border by a Canadian citizen. If> the car was driven across the border it could change hands there and be> driven back to Massachusetts, where it would be dismantled at Ron's leisure.> There is NO way that the car can be legally brought into this country as a> user, UNLESS all the documentation including that from Audi will stipulate> that the car met all US requirements, DOT and EPA. > > That's the easiest way for Ron to get the car. The other would be to pull> engine and transmission in Canada and bring the car back in pieces. The> paper work would probably be simpler that way.> > Whichever way it goes, I will step out of the queue for these cars now. One> should stay in Canada and the other should go to Ron. Roger will sink back> into the winter doldrums and his A6S Fantasy. As my late Mother used to> say: "Roger: there is ALWAYS another car!".> > Roger> > _______________________________________________> Audifans V8 mailing list> Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com> Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8> > You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at http://audifans.com/shop/> 
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