Import euro E36
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Specifically, are there any issues you know of regarding the importing of an e36 Touring into the USA?
I cant seem to find the reasoning of BMW behind not importing it to begin with, and I cant imagine it has anything to do with the crash test ratings or ability to meet smog requirements.
I'm seriously honestly very interested in making this happen. The options would be either to find one up in Canadia and drive/trailer it back home, or find one in the UK and have it shipped back here. Some Googling has told me to expect shipping to be anywhere from $5k in a container, to as low as $1k for a roll-on-roll-off type deal which is very common.
I've tried searching BFC, Bimmerfest, etc.. but I got a combined 20,800 threads about intakes, exhausts, and turbo kits instead..
And just some porn, and a great website to browse:
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Cars with over 100,000 miles are throw away cars in Germany. You can get tourings, the cleanest e30's, and any sort of other BMW for pennies. It makes you sad to look at the listings. If a head gasket goes out, or anything along that line, they part them out or throw them in the junkyard, regardless of how mint they are=/
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Tis my goal to find one and get it here.
Honestly, I was thinking of picking up something along the lines of an e60 M5 next year, but then got to thinking.,...
You could get a touring, install coilovers, replace every suspension component, //M bumpers, nice wheels, upgrade brakes, and turbo it for less than the M5, and it would still be more reliable
Plus, it wouldn't look like dog poop!
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Canada got everything we got with the exception of some options/interiors as their cars are "north american" spec. That's why my brother's car was able to be imported 12 years ago since its identical to US cars besides the metric gauges and headlight washers.
It is possible to import car's before the 25 year ban, it is just extremely time consuming and expensive to do so. If the engine wasn't offered here in the US or has different emissions that is what kills the deal. Below is a list of the companies you should contact, I would start with businesses on both the EPA and NHTSA lists as they would seem the most qualified.
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What about bringing a shell in and putting an m50/m52 in it then register it as a kit car. There were some manufacturers that did this to make it easier to bring vehicles in such as Noble with the M400 and Detomaso with the Pantera.
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What about bringing a shell in and putting an m50/m52 in it then register it as a kit car. There were some manufacturers that did this to make it easier to bring vehicles in such as Noble with the M400 and Detomaso with the Pantera.
I forgot to mention that as a work around.
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Someone should get the hookup with a mail delivery person and Import them for pennies
I want one so bad... But I would also be keen to import an AWD 6 speed TDI golf....
I have heard of many people importing(taxes and shipping) for less than 2k. And those cars go for nothing over there as well. Especially considering Wisconsin rust.
sk8 or die
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Not old enough to import.
Sort of like chris mentioned below, I was under the impression if you could find one with the same motor that we got, that it wouldnt be difficult to get one over here?
Canada got everything we got with the exception of some options/interiors as their cars are "north american" spec. That's why my brother's car was able to be imported 12 years ago since its identical to US cars besides the metric gauges and headlight washers.It is possible to import car's before the 25 year ban, it is just extremely time consuming and expensive to do so. If the engine wasn't offered here in the US or has different emissions that is what kills the deal. Below is a list of the companies you should contact, I would start with businesses on both the EPA and NHTSA lists as they would seem the most qualified. NHTSA Active Registered Importers (RI)EPA Independant Commercial Importers (ICI)
Thanks, I'll check out those links when I get to a desktop!
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I don't think they did
Canada's transportation bureau literally copies and pastes most of our laws/rules/regulations hence why they get the same cars as us.
What the heck.. There's a Canadian guy on bimmerfest with a euro spec m3, guess it was swapped
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There were something like 40 euro spec m3's brought in to canada in 94ish while bmw worked on the north american model. They were special edition numbered m3's that had a ridiculously high retail at the time. Canada didnt get another m3 until 97 and it was the North American model.
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