>H Steven Dolan sez: > > >>To import an automobile into the US, it must meet the US standards >>as of the date the automobile was manufactured, not designed. Alas, the >>Brazilian busses are not importable, without *major* mods. . . > >This brings up a news report I heard about a year ago. According to the >report, >VW of Mexico had designed a version of the bug that totally meets all US EPA >and >DOT requirements (reinforced doors & drivers side airbag no less). The report >said VWoM was anticipating that the passage of NAFTA would allow them to build >a >rather profitable business importing this car into the US. Supposedly, with >the >passage of NAFTA, all that stood in their way was approval from corporate HQ >in >Germany. > >Did anyone else hear about this, or was it all just a weird dream? As I have >heard nothing about this since, my guess is that the whole deal was scrapped >in >favor of the new "bug".SNIP if that was a weird dream, i'd like to be part of it (heh, heh!) > >
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