Has anyone ever imported one of these to the U.S. and successfully put it on the road (as in with a valid tag)? I would be buying the vehicle outright and I would have the title in my possession. I would be purchasing the vehicle new in the UK and I would use a private shipping company to ship the vehicle to the United States. However, the vehicle does not meet the necessary requirements for the USA. I would therefore, have to have the vehicle modified to meet U.S. regs. I understand this would be an expensive project.
I do not know which company I would utilize to modify the vehicle at this time, nor do I know for sure that this is even an option.
I welcome ideas from anyone who feels they have some information they would like to share that might be beneficial to me.
Note: Please keep your replies positive and constructive.
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This topic has been covered multiple times. Hit the Search feature, and search for "importing". There at least 8 threads on the first 2 pages of search results. Should give you some ideas of what you are looking at.
Sorry mate....won't happen.Ever.
You can however import a 1983 from next year and build it to whatever spec you like for 1/4 of the cost. Still a defender. Think about it.
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Has anyone ever imported one of these to the U.S. and successfully put it on the road (as in with a valid tag)? I would be buying the vehicle outright and I would have the title in my possession. I would be purchasing the vehicle new in the UK and I would use a private shipping company to ship the vehicle to the United States. However, the vehicle does not meet the necessary requirements for the USA. I would therefore, have to have the vehicle modified to meet U.S. regs. I understand this would be an expensive project.
I do not know which company I would utilize to modify the vehicle at this time, nor do I know for sure that this is even an option.
I welcome ideas from anyone who feels they have some information they would like to share that might be beneficial to me.
Note: Please keep your replies positive and constructive.
Not gonna happen...impossible....illegal.......
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I have heard of beating a dead horse but damn.....
There are hundreds of threads on all the LR sites of people who want to bring one in. I haven't seen a thread yet that says I just got my Defender 90/110 to the states, registered, titled, and insured legally.....
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Gray Market Vehicles. That's one reason the G500 & G55 are so popular and so expensive. They were first imported by private companies, unitl I guess Mercedes decided they would like some of the action. They still cost an arm and a leg but at least there is dealership support.
So yeah it might be possible but it'll end up costing as much as a G-wagon.
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That's a really interesting document. I was surprised to see that only a model year 97 D90 could be done, not all 94-97 Defenders. I would think that any year that was imported could have been legally imported/converted.
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That's a really interesting document. I was surprised to see that only a model year 97 D90 could be done, not all 94-97 Defenders. I would think that any year that was imported could have been legally imported/converted.
It was a real heartbreaker for me. I did a lot of research and had a real nice 110 that i was serious about buying when i was in Uganda. After several calls to ICI's and doing a lot of homework i bought my SIII instead.
I dont regret buying the SIII, but i would still rather had the 110.
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seems like your best route would be to get like an '82 Series III v8, bring it over as a classic car, restore it. it would be titled as a series, but you could make it look pretty much like a defender if you so desired, although I'd personally rather have a Series.
Import it now put it in storage, when it's 25 years old blow the dust off and get it titled plated and insured good to go
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Another one of these threads !
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