Sagaris in the US??

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These guys in Orlando Fl claiming they can bring them in. I have been chatting to them about getting a Nissan Skyline in, they specialize in JDM vehicles but a TVR has just recently appeared on the site.
I have no idea whether their claims are true or not. They use the kit car method. They ship the car to some island in the carribean and take the engine, tranny, steering column out and then ship it back in as parts, then reassemble it again as a full car. They sell the car as parts and apparently you get a title. They have yet to come through with credible references so far and they want money (as always) upfront to start the process, you pay the shipping, the people overseas, then the shipping back then for the car to be put together, 4 different cash transcations. Be interesting to see if anybody does it. The parts method is a loophole, whether the DOT/EPA etc agree with it I dont know, but I think 1gracing with the Noble are doing a similar thing then why can't it be done with TVR's, JDM's or whatever. I dont think 1gracing crash tested their cars either but I may be wrong. Interesting concept anyway and one that seems to be being used more and more as I scour the internt forums. I wonder if they can bring used Tuscans and Cerberas in, great prices on them in the UK.

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Sorry here the link www.evolutionimports.net/usedcars.php

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I would do it aslong as the car was in the US and titled was in my name, then I would hand over the $$. Problem is you have to part with the money in 4-5 parts with no guarantees. With the Skyline it would be in their interests to invest in 2-3 cars and get them here in the country (they are cheap enough) to show the punters it can be done. I would not care if the invoice was listed as parts aslong as it was a full car that worked and was titled. Their business would be booming if they did for very little capital once the first 2 or 3 cars have come through the process. I've tried explaining this to them without much success, so its definitely buyer beware.
Superformance and 1gracing are doing the kit car method along with The radical I've now heard is the latest one, the first 2 to great effect. Maybe 1 day the door will slam shut on this process? the prices will rocket on the cars already in the country and legalized.
I personally say good luck to them if they have thought "outside the box" and found a loophole, aslong as they are legit companies. The ones in Orlando are NOT yet until its proven otherwise.

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We can get some incredble cars here in the US. Its just that we want something we can't have, something rare. Its the same the world over. Go to England and Japan and they would like Corvettes, Mustangs, Vipers, why? because they are rare and they can't have them. We want things like TVR's, the rice crowd want the Nissan Skyline. If the Skyline was sold over here and the Supra wasn't, everybody in that scene would want the Supra. There is a definite "rare" factor involved, a Corvette is very fast, we dont look twice at them as you see one every 20th car. A Corvette or Viper in England would have a crowd around it and stop traffic.

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I'm originally from Manchester and now live in Fl. Sure the die hard TVR boys don't like Corvettes and vice vera, but I've spoken to many motorheads over there and follow many auto forums. You'd be foolish to say the Vette isn't a good car for the price, holds its value well and the new 500HP version will be a hell of a deal. Watch Clarkson droll anytime he drives a Viper. This isnt a this car is betetr than this car argument, its a fact that people want what they can't have, cars are no different.

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The Vette is alot less money than a TVR, you can get a new vette for 25k pounds. But once again my point is again this isnt about individual cars,price, performance its about the fact there's a lot of car people, obviously not members of a TVR board that want something different ie American, or American kids wanting the Evo and the Skyline. Otherwise we'd all be driving Hondas. People buy cars for different reasons. My friend ships cars to the footballers over there and high end cars to Japan out of Ft Lauderdale. Ferdinand drives Hummer and a Chrysler 300C, Rooney, Anelka drive Cadillac Escalades, Neville a Grand Cherokee Jeep, an X5 is far better, but why do they? too be different and because they are rare over there, even to the point where nobody can afford to pay the petrol never mind the car itself. He exports Corvettes, Vipers, cadillacs to Japan. I wouldn't have a Vette, I'd have a TVR because its quick, very different and rare, but the resale and reliability wouldnt be as good as the vette, but some people dont care with certain criteria, style performance, unique, rare is more important than reliabilty etc. Wouldnt make much financial sense in the long run, but thats not why some people buy cars.