"PS9" (PS9)
01/06/2016 at 19:28 • Filed to: None
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"PS9" (PS9)
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So you cannot expect to see an AM owner driving one around here while waiting for the real deal to get repaired. You won’t actually see anyone driving anything loaned from the dealer, because AM is totally lame and has no loaner vehicle program for owners (even the ones with unlimited mile! warranties. No exceptions).
If you want a Cygnet, the import rules still apply; wait ‘til 2034 at the earliest (for a 2009 model), or try to Show-and-Display it.
Flavien Vidal
> PS9
01/06/2016 at 19:32 |
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Conversion kits are available to transform an iQ into a Cygnet...
dogisbadob
> PS9
01/06/2016 at 19:35 |
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Not really, because the iQ already meets the standards, and there were no mechanical changes iQ —> Cygnet, and it may even be possible to register it as an iQ. Or could always get an iQ and add the Cygnet bodykit later on (I’m sure it’s in the Scion Accessories Catalog) :p
So you should be safe :)
A-M was stupid for not selling them over here, especially since we’re the ones with the stupid CAFE law! This would’ve helped them quite a bit.
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PS9
> dogisbadob
01/06/2016 at 19:43 |
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That is not at all how the import laws work. The regulations do not care at all how many parts are shared between a car that was imported here and a car that was not. If it wasn’t sold here, it cannot be imported without either being brought into compliance, or until it is 25 years old, or unless it qualifies for SnD.
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dogisbadob
> PS9
01/06/2016 at 19:45 |
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Yeah, I know that, but it means that the Cygnet is quite easy to bring into compliance (since it already is). You could even get the automaker to send the feds a letter saying it meets the standards, if it does meet them.
TheHondaBro
> PS9
01/06/2016 at 19:51 |
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If it can be proved that’s it’s similar enough to a car already sold here, it’s legal.
McMike
> PS9
01/06/2016 at 19:54 |
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Indiana Jones, PHd’s
idea
Svend
> PS9
01/06/2016 at 19:59 |
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Under one of the exceptions to this prohibition, found in 49 U.S.C. § 30141, a motor vehicle that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS can be lawfully imported into the United States, provided it is determined eligible for importation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and is imported by a registered importer, or by a person who has a contract with a registered importer to bring the vehicle into compliance with all applicable FMVSS following importation. Import eligibility decisions can be made either on the initiative of the Administrator of NHTSA or on the petition of a manufacturer or registered importer. One basis for determining a motor vehicle eligible for importation is that it 1) is substantially similar to a motor vehicle of the same model year that was manufactured for sale in the United States and certified by its manufacturer as complying with all applicable FMVSS and 2) is capable of being readily altered to comply with all applicable FMVSS. See 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a )(1)(A). Where there is no substantially similar U.S.-certified motor vehicle of the same model year, a vehicle can only be determined eligible for importation if its safety features comply with, or are capable of being altered to comply, with all applicable FMVSS based on destructive test information or other evidence NHTSA decides is adequate. See 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a)(1)(B).
Possible
Ryanator122
> dogisbadob
01/07/2016 at 05:29 |
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Still probably easier to just go for an IQ and swap the bits
RT
> PS9
06/03/2016 at 09:00 |
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Whenever I visit London I always see far too many Cygnets around.
I think that’s where all of them ended up, probably.
