by MVZ944T on Fri May 13, 2005 7:07 am
I think now, thanks to our illustrious leaders in DC, that if you import a non-US spec car, it must be both imported and converted by the same company. At least that was what the law read a few years ago. I think Ferrari was the main culprit behind the revision of the law, but I think Mercedes and BMW, and probably Porsche had their fingers in it also.
Which brings up another story. Back in '83 when I left Saudi Arabia and returned to the states, the local Porsche dealer in Saudi was having a "blow out sale" on all their new 911's. Out the door, fully optioned for about $22k. About $12-14k less than a comparable US model if I recall coreectly. They also had 2 or 3 of their sons at schol at USC, and they regularly brought back cars, brought them up to spec, drove them for the year and then sold them. So they had the import process down pat. Did I buy one. No!