http://www.batfa.com/newcar-mitsubis...volution_8.htm

Very tempting for only $31,800 US dollars u get the full JDM SPECS

 

Yes that is besides the fact you would have to pay for shipping (many $k), then post a $47000 bond while it is imported, and then it would not be street legal. If you want it legal your RI would then have to fit emmissions by removing the AYC, put the same US front bumper on, and change the doors.
By that time you will have a nice $40k+ US spec machine!

 

not bad on price.but if you want to bring it here and get it legalized you are going to have to get it converted to LHD.and EI is the only one who has the rights to get the car legalized.just like Motore w/the skylines.Or unless you are bringing it over for OFF ROAD use.you can keep it RHD.i think my years end they will be making LHD EVO 8 GSr

 

EI doesn't have the rights yet.... ahahahahahaha.

 

Believe Whatever you guys want to believe

 

maybe it should be stated that even if EI doesn't have all the rights right now they are the only ones trying for them.

 

No one has any "rights" to the car. Any RI could import any car, even a Skyline. Motorex is not exclusive by some law or first dibs.
What they did is crash test the car, and only they know what needs to be done to pull the car into compliance. Since they won't share that secret, that keeps them pretty much exclusive, unless someone else wanted to dish out a bunch of money.
Same goes for EI and the RI they use.

No one is allowed to monopolize anything though.

 

Regardless of the convertion to make it US street legal, you still have to deal with many other different fees. Like TearItUp said, the shipping, you also have to pay the Japanese documents fee, local shipping to the port. In addition, the import tax you have to pay when the car hit the US port, let alone the 150% bond you're putting down....not financially feaseable IMO...

 

no one has shown any proof that e.i. cars are actually made street legal and that is fishy

 

batfa is the ****

 

Hailz!

Since I have a deposit on a JDM EVO VIII from E.I., I would be very interested to hear of any reasons why I should not complete my transaction with them.

Has anyone not been able to register a car purchased from E.I.?

Are there any other things I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance for giving me some FACTS... not B.S.

 

There was a thread somewhere regarding the truth about importation of non-legal cars and it was very informative in my opnion. Anybody happen to have the link to that thread?

 

did celm mean by years end they will be making LHD evo 8's in america...

 

save your $$ and import a supra.... I've seen 94 TT with 30k sell for 4-5 grand...

 

all Jspec evo 8 are RHD.they didnt make LHD yet.Only LHD EVo 8 are for the US market.so all of the LHD europe,wont get it till mid to years end