Date:         Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:33:22 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         michael.heron@utoronto.ca (Michael Heron)
Subject:      Re: Re[2]: IMPORTING A BRAZILIAN BUS-?

>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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