Euro to USA

[GeorgeM]

Hello Folks,

General question which hopefully someone can answer. If I purchased a LH Euro car and shipped it to the USA, will it pass emissions? From what I have read, its a pain to get a euro car shipped to the states.... No tax but a bunch of red tape.... Has anyone research this or even tried it??

Thank you for your comments in advance....

GeorgeM

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by GeorgeM

Hello Folks,

General question which hopefully someone can answer. If I purchased a LH Euro car and shipped it to the USA, will it pass emissions? From what I have read, its a pain to get a euro car shipped to the states.... No tax but a bunch of red tape.... Has anyone research this or even tried it??

Thank you for your comments in advance....

GeorgeM

I thought CsL was not legal in US. You will have to wait until it becomes legal which iirc is 25 years from manufacture (blimey CSL prices will rocket in 2028 - reminder is in my diary.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2015/02/14/im...united-states/

[GeorgeM]

Just curious, is there an exhaust kit that can change out to make it pass US emissions.....? I would assume the US sold units have replacement parts that would drop in.... Sounds like a hassle but worth it on a low mileage car....

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by GeorgeM

Just curious, is there an exhaust kit that can change out to make it pass US emissions.....? I would assume the US sold units have replacement parts that would drop in.... Sounds like a hassle but worth it on a low mileage car....

I guess it depends on which State, but the US exhaust has the cats closer to the manifold for emission compliance, so combined with these and a tweak of the ECU, I'm sure a good tuner can get it to pass, as you are getting cars retrofitted with CSL parts to pass okay?

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by GeorgeM

Just curious, is there an exhaust kit that can change out to make it pass US emissions.....? I would assume the US sold units have replacement parts that would drop in.... Sounds like a hassle but worth it on a low mileage car....

Makes no difference.....its not legal, not crash tested, not legal........exhaust is irrelevant iirc

[Mike R]

Maybe convince the powers that be that it is a "Substantially Similar" car to the standard M3 (perhaps even putting standard M3 parts on to get it to pass)?

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Mike R

Maybe convince the powers that be that it is a "Substantially Similar" car to the standard M3 (perhaps even putting standard M3 parts on to get it to pass)?

I think BMW might have tried that!