Re: Grey market cars?

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Daniel Hussey say:

>      I was wondering, with all this talk about all these great Audi models ava
> ilable in Europe, why no one has bothered to import them into the US as "grey
> market" cars.  I remember back in the 80's that was the big thing to do.

 (snip)

> Well, I am just wondering about how hard it would be to import an Audi RS2
> or S6 plus into the US.  If anynone can explain this process and it's costs,
> it would be much appreciated.

Let me be the first to say:

	VERY HARD.

About the mid-80's, the EPA, DOT, and NHTSA (M-O-U-S-E) cracked down
on this big-time.

If he car is not US-spec, you pretty much can't bring it in here.

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