Yeah I'm not seriously considering a mopar import anytime soon...
although it's interesting you mention 20+ yr old cars... I'd love to
import an old RHD aussie mopar some day.
Eric (dude in china) is on his way back this weekend and says he has
some pictures. I'll share when he does.
Don in CT
89 Dakota Convertible 318 NV3500 4x4
74 Dart Sport 340
pbase.com/radon220/mopars
On 2/9/07, Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Don Rey wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys, after Tom mentioned that Jeep Cherokees are still alive in
> > China, I shipped a friend of mine over to check 'em out! Actually it
> > just so happens that our company sent him on a business trip to China.
> > He's a Jeep guy and was real interested when I pointed him to the site
> > Tom gave us. Anyway, here's his e-mail.
> >
> > (snip)
> > i spent 3 hours
> > driving around central china with a taxi driver that had no English
> > trying to find a jeep dealer….what a day that was!
> > (snip)
>
> hahahahahahahaha!!!!
>
> Dude - good luck trying to import one! I was reading about whats
> necessary to import cars/trucks from outside the US... and if its about
> 20 years old or whatever... no problem, its exempt from the US
> regulations on importing... but if its new or new-ish... forget it.
> They require emissions tests, crash tests - which is like you have to
> have so many cars of the same model that you want to import - crash
> tested and evaluated to show they meet US regs... I don't remember all
> the details - but its insane to try to do it.
>
> Might be able to get away with it if you convert the drive train over to
> something thats already EPA certified... and could possibly fight the
> crash testing issue because its basically the same friggin jeep that was
> sold here - just its cosmetically different.
>
> Good luck and if he finds a way - put me down for one :-)
>
> --- in my dreams
>
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