25 Year Rule

[bwalvoord]

If I want to buy a car in Japan that is a model year 1993, can I buy it now and put it on a boat knowing it won't arrive to the East Coast until 2018 or does the 25 year rule apply to the build date of the vehicle and/or the purchase date, shipping date, etc.?

 

[teahead]

Dunno, pretty vague here:

https://icsw.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/Gray Market RI LIST Feb_21_2017.pdf

Importing an R32?

 

[Sean-e9]

I’m in the same boat (no pun intended) bringing my M5 3.8 back from Europe. My interpretation is the earliest date you can prove. First registered or manufactured. I’m getting the production certificate from BMW Classic so I can use the production date to import mine.


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[Strato102]

Line 1 is your primary concern for the whole process. I know a wonderful shipper if you want to PM me.

https://help.cbp.gov/ci/fattach/get/46595/0/filename/DOT+Form+HS-7.pdf

 

[teahead]

Line 1 is your primary concern for the whole process. I know a wonderful shipper if you want to PM me.

https://help.cbp.gov/ci/fattach/get/46595/0/filename/DOT+Form+HS-7.pdf

Date of Manufacture...that's good! OFten it's older than the model year.

E.g. my "1971" 2800: manufactured on February 3rd, 1970

 

[bwalvoord]

I was actually looking to import a few Subaru Sambars. We need a shop truck and it would be a straight forward conversion to electric. It seems like the 93’s and 94’s are cheaper because they have not hit the 25 year mark.


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[HB Chris]

Date of Manufacture...that's good! OFten it's older than the model year.

E.g. my "1971" 2800: manufactured on February 3rd, 1970

Except your coupe is a 1970, 0038 is an early US coupe.

 

[teahead]

Except your coupe is a 1970, 0038 is an early US coupe.

I wondered about that. Maybe it languished on the lot for so long, it was registered as a 1971?

 

[HB Chris]

All US BMWs had a DOT/EPA sticker under the hood defining the model year so that is not possible. In Europe yes, when it was sold sometimes defines model year. Do you still have the sticker, I think it is black on the early coupes, in front of windshield?

 

[teahead]

All US BMWs had a DOT/EPA sticker under the hood defining the model year so that is not possible. In Europe yes, when it was sold sometimes defines model year. Do you still have the sticker, I think it is black on the early coupes, in front of windshield?

I'll take a look but I don't recall such a sticker