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I wouldn't hold my breath on that. California would probably be the worst place to try to register and smog a car like that.

This place imports cars, but I wouldn't put too much faith in them being able to 110% legalize it. Im sure they have some connections that could help you get a plate on the car or something, so that you could drive it around, but dont expect the car to be as perfectly legal as a normal celica.

I might try to head down there today or maybe sometime next week, if I have time. The place is open by appointment only, so its not like I can pop in at any time.

I just emailed them about getting one. Off to get pre-aproval for a loan.

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I doubt you'd ever get it to pass smog. Toyota stopped selling MR2 Turbos (3S-GTE) in California mid-94 because Toyota coulden't make them emmissions compliant anymore...

That said, I also would like to know how someone would go about insuring a car like this? JDM = no VIN #. I don't see how putting the VIN # off of a wrecked Celica here would help either- Once it comes time to make any type of claim you are going to get screwed... Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have a GT-Four, but I’m not going to commit insurance fraud to have one. That and the fact that being RHD would most likely attract all kinds of unwanted attention from police…

This post has been edited by saleeka: Nov 14, 2008 - 9:26 PM

Recently i fixed up a 185 group a gettin it back on the road for a friend. The car was stolen just after she bought it, we got it back and when i went to put it over the pits it seemed that the boot vin/adr (australian design rules) plates must have been flogged, Now since the car was an australian delivered car and obviously the model passed all the adr thingos back in 91 when they came in it was cleared to be regiestered etc.

This is not a real help to you guys are 205's wernt us delivered and therefore the governing body of your transport might not have them on record to clear the fact is has no usdr?? plate....but they might.

there must be some way around it because cars get imported into contries all the time that they didnt get delivered to from the factory.

none if this was terribly helpful i know, you get that.

what i will say tho the fully awsome stock 3 spokers are light as (6.7kg each from memory) and 16" semi's and other decent tyres are abundant so they make a great track rim.

So I have to talk to my local DMV? that makes it seem so much easier...

You can pick up a non damaged working ST205 here in England for $4000 US.
How can they justify $13000 US.
A low mileage near mint WRC would be around $7500 US in England as the British £ is worth about 2 buttons at the moment

Shipping $$$

I think the cost is on the illegality of the transaction.

a good nick genuine Group A Rallye here is worth in the 20k region, some as much as $28 000 or so. You poms get it so good sometimes except for the vat, and the congestion charge, and the massivly expensive petrol, im assuming your insurance is expensive too ..... and it goes on....

you can easily afford 2 buy a car, just cant afford to take it anywhere

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Yeah, but they are not going to sell you the car for cost. Shipping it alone probably costs 2000. Then they mark up the car so that they can make a profit for their trouble. Not to mention that its almost impossible to buy an st205 in the states in the first place.

I like the 3 spokes, although i'd much rather have some OZ Superturismo GT's

They won't return my emails. Kinda shady I'd say.

95stcelica and i went over to check the car out today, only to find that they had closed their shop early.
as soon as we pulled up, i realized that i actually know someone who used to work there. im going to try to contact the guy i know to get more details on the car.

Let us know. I'm interested in getting one. I posted my car up for sale already haha.

ey, sell me your car. ill have a ssiii and a gt-four!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by block: Nov 18, 2008 - 9:22 PM

hey whats the restrictions on the car once its in the US? im really interested in getting one so I'd really like to get more info on the importation of it.

Soul

ST205's are illegal in the states; I don't know why, but they are.

This post has been edited by RickJamesBish: Dec 6, 2008 - 2:40 PM

Emissions is a big reason they are illegal. Japan apparently has lower emissions standards than the US, and especially California. Plus real GT4's are RHD, whereas our USDM cars are LHD. Plus America gets the shaft on all the best cars I know there are more reasons why the GT4 is illegal but I haven't slept well in days and I can't think of anything right now.

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> Soulend
> '97 ST Hatchback
> From Tucson, Az

There were only 84 '93 CelicaTurbo All_Tracs imported and sold in '93;
the last year we got the turbo models. The price had climbed to near $25k !

Toyota did not want to import the 6g GT4 to sell fewer for even More $$ ?

Would've been a Great car though.

@ richee3
@ '98 GT Hatchback
@ From Galatia, Illinois
@ Emissions is a big reason they are illegal.

Emissions Might have Not been an issue ? The 3rd gen would've had to pass
stricter emissions stansards ?
The GT4 would've had to have been OBDII for 96+.
Might have been a problem ?

@ Plus real GT4's are RHD, whereas our USDM cars are LHD.

There are/were LHD versions of the GT4 for LHD markets, Germany, France etc...

@ Plus America gets the shaft on all the best cars

Well That is true.

There are several actual GT4's running around the states.
Plus several AWD & Turbo swaps around.
So you could get a reasonably legit (State legit) car.

Regards;
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