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Originally Posted by Fusious
I feel like they'll find a way to still ban these cars because from my understanding, these cars don't make the government any money at all. And in this world, it is ALL about the money. That's not the only factor of them being possibly never legal to import, but it is a huge reason. If it does happen, then awesome, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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This has nothing to do with the Gooberment and everything to do with Mercedes Benz.
In the 1980's European cars - read BMW, Mercedes, Porsche and Ferrari where being imported by the metric shit ton because of the booming US economy.
The Euros where charging nearly 50% mark ups from what you could buy them for over in Europe. This was partly because they were new and needed the extra cash to sustain US dealer growth, this was also partly because they had to change bumpers, lights and other things to meet US standards.
Lastly, it was mainly because they are greedy fucks and Americans would pay it.
So I fly to Germany for $1,000, I buy a 300e for $27,000, ship it to the US for $1,000 and sell it as a used car for $35,000. Mean while the MB dealer geys pissed because they are asking $45,000 for an uglier, slower version of the car.
So, MB bought everyone in Congress a car and thus the 25 year law.