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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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Question importing an SL55????

Has anyone ever had any experience (or does anyone have any knowledge) of importing an SL55 from Europe to the US?

First, are the SL55's more available in Europe than here?
What is involved in doing the importation? how much does it cost?
Are there any implications (like voiding warranties, reduced resale values)?
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 11:42 AM
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Re: importing an SL55????

Originally posted by hwt1964
Has anyone ever had any experience (or does anyone have any knowledge) of importing an SL55 from Europe to the US?

First, are the SL55's more available in Europe than here?
What is involved in doing the importation? how much does it cost?
Are there any implications (like voiding warranties, reduced resale values)?
You may contact this company in Germany. They have a couple of SL55's, and would be happy to answer your questions. They are charging Euro 124.236




http://www.auto-salon-singen.de/Cars/Auto-Salon.htm

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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 11:44 AM
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It is possilbe. I just drove an SL55 lask week that was a Euro Import converted to US Spec.
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 12:59 PM
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 09:18 PM
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Sodor Trading seems to specialize in this kind of thing...I've sent a pile of questions their way...
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Hmm..although Sodor claims to specialize in this thing, they brushed me off pretty heavily--here's the response (verbatim):

Our european cars don't meets US-spec. and so not possible to import and reg.

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