Of course my reply clearly was to your speculation of why VW did not import new ones from RSA. There is no prohibition on individuals importing RHD vehicles as long as a bunch of rules are complied with. Many people have done it with the help of a Registered Importer. Never heard of anyone doing it with a RSA "Vanagon" and they don't appear on the FEDs list of eligable vehicles. Because of crash testing requirements it seems unlikely to be straight forward. Mark > ...... > I suppose VW of USA did not bring them here because they would have > certainly taken a chunk of VW's Eurovan market. Not that the Eurovan market > was much at that. > > BenT >
Ben T wrote: > > In a message dated 7/18/2003 6:06:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > > > Not to mention that the DOT has a slight objection to the steering wheel > > being on the wrong side. > > They don't really have a huge problem with that. I've had few RHD vehicles > before. Although they may say something if you tried to import a brand new one. > > I currently own a RHD single cab. > > BenT |
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