So i read on another automotive forum that Canada is supposedly changing its bumper laws to conform with America's. If this happens this could ultimately mean previous gen EVO's can finally be admitted into Canadian soil. Was wondering if anyone knows anything about the validity of this?

If this does happen eventually, evo 8 MR here i come

 

why couldn't evo go to Canada before? US bumper law is more strict.

 

hmm i dont think thats the case, i dont know exactly why the previous gen evos were banned but i remember it was something due to the bumper not being safe enough for crash testing or something similar (please correct me, i know im not accurate on this)

anyhow, i am 99% sure the canadian bumper laws are stricter

 

canadien laws are stricter
evo can't get here coz bumper is not conform
end of topic.

 

http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/200.../regle5-e.html

Canada and the United States introduced safety standards for bumpers in the early 1970s. When the Canadian and the U.S. regulations were originally introduced, they were harmonized with a test speed of 5 mph (8 km/h) for front and rear impacts and 3 mph (4.8 km/h) for corner impact tests. However, in 1979, the United States added more stringent requirements that included cosmetic damage criteria, while maintaining the (harmonized) test speed and the original safety components damage protection requirements. In 1982, the United States reduced the speed requirements to 2.5 mph (4 km/h) for front and rear impacts and 1.5 mph (2.4 km/h) for corner impacts, and maintained their cosmetic and safety damage requirements.

In 1983, when the Canadian government proposed an amendment to harmonize the test speeds with those of the U.S. requirements (i.e. 4 and 2.4 km/h), many Canadian stakeholders, such as the public, provincial and territorial governments, media and the insurance industry, were against the proposed test speed reduction. As a result, the harmonization of test speed requirements was not pursued; thus for the past 26 years Canada has had a unique higher speed bumper test requirement for passenger cars.

This higher speed has resulted in some vehicle models not being available to Canadian consumers. In addition, in this period there have been some vehicles sold at the retail level in the United States that have been inadmissible for importation into Canada as they have not met the Canadian bumper requirements.

 

canadien laws are stricter
evo can't get here coz bumper is not conform
end of topic.

^did you read the original topic? it had nothing to do with why we can't get a evo in canada

 

the main focus is not the evos being able to be imported (though this is a big benefit if it comes through). If Canada does conform then I think many cars will be available in canada

 

the article i posted is actually very on topic, it was talking about the proposed change to the bumper law. I just highlighted the part that explained that the Canadian laws are stricter. If this amendment passes then you will be able to import previous generation evos, which are inadmissible due to their bumpers

 

that will take million of years
so dream on guys

 

well let's hope I live to be 1'000'025

 

you seem to be overly pessimistic about this whole topic. may i ask why??

 

The NTSB in the US has written a strongly worded letter to the Canadian govn't that said they should NOT change the law to conform. It would be costly and il-advised to do so.

It sucks.. I wish it would be changed by next week. If not... never change it.
I am in the process of selling my Evo since I just moved back to Canada and can't bring it with me. If they change it by next weekend... I can run back and get it... if not never change it cause i'll miss my Evo even more.

 

it has more to do with conforming on an international level, they are looking at the EU standards for crash rating and want to confrom to them from what I understand saying that it will help manufacturers create vehicles for all markets having one (or at least one more uniform) standard. I guess Transport Canada is starting to realize that car accident deaths in the EU due to the 'bumper' standards are less than they initially thought.


The evo's werent allowed into canada because there was an explosion from the FMIC on one of the bumper tests.

 

They haven't mentioned anything about grandfathering in older cars, only about homoligating new and future models, so this could ultimately mean nothing as far as evo's are concerned.

 

i think that you can buy a evo 1 japan
7 more years and you can get a EVO8
as for US of A cars the only way to get one
is totaly illegal even if you mod. the front end
they would have to test crash your EVO to see
if it's right!