From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Gary Britt wrote:
> All I know is that if you buy a Mercedes off the showroom floor in Germany
> and have it shipped to the USA it will not be allowed on the roads until
> lots of pollution control modifications have been made to it.  After its
> been modified they are referred to as "grey market" autos
and have continued
> problems finding people to work on them and warranty repairs are out, etc.
>
> You may think you have stringent controls, and maybe you do.  However, you
> don't have the gas mileage sapping pollution control standards required in
> the USA.
>

Ditto in the EU.

US cars are fairly rare over here in part because of the fact that it costs
the distributors so much to get them EU compliant.

Adam

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