Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks

Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by derefr on Thursday April 20, 2023 @09:47PM (#35648910)

Kind of weird that car collectors in the US can't collect modern foreign cars, though. Why not instead just have "accredited collectors" like there are "accredited investors"? Wouldn't that be simpler? "Get the piece of paper waiving your right to car safety, and then you can buy whatever stupid cars you like, as long as you don't drive them very often."

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by pandaman on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:16PM (#35649056)

Collectors are in luck and don't need an accreditation: "A vehicle may be permanently imported for show or display. Written approval from DOT is required and should be obtained before the vehicle is exported from the foreign country to the U.S."[1]

1. https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/importing-car

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by numpad0 on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:57AM (#35649949)

One common beliefs too this is that it’s actually a response to gray market/parallel imports of Mercedes cars from Germany.

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