| kitcho |
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"Right-hand drive is a danger to B.C. car dealers, who are a powerful lobby group, as are the auto manufacturers," he says. "The way the dealers and automakers see it, every $15,000 RHD Toyota Land Cruiser is potentially one less Canadian market $40,000-or-higher SUV sold."
thats really sad. |
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| CKXtreme |
Come On!!!! Why would people, other then the dealerships who lose that 1 in a 100,000+ sale- because of these cars, care about banning them, or instigating new laws?
- These cars are still put through an out of province inspection.
- In provinces like Alberta, you can slap a catyltic converter on the car for an inspection, and then rip it off after, since there arent any smog restrictions or testing(yet...)
- An unexperienced kid with a Skyline is at no bigger danger then the same kid with a tweaked 5.0L 'stang or Z28 when I was in high school (late 90's).... And its easier for them to get one of those.
- The flooding in Australia, I think, can be largely attributed to the fact that they are a RHD country! Not much of a change for the drivers who want these cars.....
I think if they want to ban the importation of these vehicles on the premises of safety, and the economy, they should probably ban the private re-sale of ANY vehicle in the country, because they're potentially just as dangerous, arent they?
Just my 2 cents... I think its a waste of time for the government to worry about this issue.... And a helluva waste of some fine cars. |
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| mx73someday |
| A good argument against dealers is that they can join this industry of used 15 year old cars too, it's not like we have a monopoly on importing cars or they're not allowed. They could argue that manufacturing jobs are going to go away, but then maybe they need to make cars that can compete with 15 year old cars...that's really pathetic that our new car market has reached the point where they have to complain instead of competing with 15 year old cars. |
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| JZA70=crazy |
| conyon creek toyota has jumped on the idea of selling imports. They have many MR2's, Landcrusiers, 4Runners and Soarer's. While they charge an arm and a leg they seem to be turning them fairly quickly! |
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| jzz30tt |
They need to get the facts straight on Australia. They have not stopped the imports at all.
Japanese cars that are imported to australia can be imported at any age (to the best of my knowlege and i am investigating whether that is completely true) but the cars need to go through a compliancing which complies the cars to Australian safety standards. |
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| avow |
Australian import laws are actaully very very strict compared to Canada. The following has been taken from an australian import site:
Specialist & Enthusiast Vehicle Scheme (S.E.V.S.)
All vehicles are now judged using the new S.E.V.S.ruling system. There is no easy way to explain this quickly but basically vehicles must meet 2 out of the following 4 criteria:
* Be significantly different in appearance to vehicles sold new in Australia
* Have unusual design features to anything sold new locally
* Performance greater than 105kw/ton, or unusually good economy
* Be featured in specialist publications (eg. High performance imports, Zoom, etc.)
They have a web site that keeps an updated list of all vehicle types that have been reviewed for import and approved or declined.
Import approval.
Just because the vehicle type has been approved for importing, it doesn't mean you can just buy one and ship it here. Any vehicle that comes into Australia needs to have an import permit issued by DOTARS in Canberra. Under the new laws, the import approval for SEVS cars must be lodged by the compliance workshop (RAWS)
Importing 1988 and older cars.
Any vehicle built in 1988 or older is allowed for import into Australia without restriction, however as with any other vehicle you will need to get an import approval from DOTARS in Canberra. These older cars do not need to go through the normal SEVS compliance process, although you will need to do some basic modifications and get an engineers report proving that the car meets the relevant ADR's for the year of manufacture - the work necessary for this will vary between different cars and from state to state .. generally speaking you should allow around $800 to $1,300 for compliance work on most popular 1988 models.
So to sum it up, yes they can import newer cars but the red tape they have to go through is freaking crazy. |
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