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What always seems to need modifying in order to import a car into US?

It seems like whenever you hear about an exciting, unique, car from Europe they always give the excuse that they can't sell the car in America because they would have to make changes to meet regulations. Other than moving the steering wheel to the other side, what does that mean? Does the USA - The country that gave the world the Hummer H2 and the Ford Explorer have stricter emissions laws than Europe? Is it because we use different formulations of gasoline? Any insight would be apprecieted.

Public Comments

1. One word, Emissions The cars from there willnot meet american emissiond. Thy dont fit in to our clean air act. Just because you get a car from another country means it will pass out emissions. This is why most cars will not make it here.