Comments on: Mexico: You Can Import Any US Car You Like as Long as It’s a ‘98

By: jthorner

jthorner — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:18:09 +0000

NAFTA, like most US trade agreements, appears to be a mostly one-way street. China has 50% duties on imported automobiles, yet the US buys almost anything China ships here and has minimal import duties.

Free trade. BS.

By: kansei

kansei — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:16:02 +0000

lol @ first comment –that was my first thought exactly. If I was in Mexico I sure as hell would like to be in a Miata.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:46:03 +0000

What happened to NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. This sounds like a trade restriction to me. Of course, since I doubt that US car makers have a problem with this restriction of trade-and may even support it-I also doubt that anything will be done by our government in response (other than opening our borders even wider to Mexico).

By: yankinwaoz

yankinwaoz — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:08:48 +0000

I don’t know much about NAFTA, but this sure smacks of something that should not be allowed.

By: Johnson

Johnson — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:17:18 +0000

Shocking that such works of mediocrity like the Mercury Villager and Chevrolet Cavalier will now appreciate in price.

By: RayH

RayH — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:32:17 +0000

Somewhere, a couple of thousand people who bought a 1998 Taraus, Lumina, Intrepid, Malibu, Cavalier, Sable, or Status at Buy Here/Pay Here lots are cashing the gov’t check for gas and heading South to Mexico their car… the next logical step: now get a 1999 model. I’ll have to get on ebay real quick and buy 1998 Cavaliers by the dozen.

By: Sajeev Mehta

Sajeev Mehta — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:13:45 +0000

Time to go on a 1998 Ranger and Tacoma buying spree and head to Nuevo Laredo!

By: Megan Benoit

Megan Benoit — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:44:19 +0000

Which makes me even more glad I got rid of my 98 Integra. It was bad enough it was consistently one of the most stolen cars ever, but now that thieves have even more of an incentive? Yep, I’ll take my GTI.

By: Stingray

Stingray — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:20:43 +0000

Lol, and they think they will stop the “chocolate” cars with that?

Here is a bit more “difficult”: you have to own (and demostrate so) the car for 3 years before being able to bring it as luggage. And even so, below $20K no tax apply, over that is like 30% on the car’s original price (not actual value).

Effectively, we don’t get a lot of US used cars here.

By: Strippo

Strippo — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:52:24 +0000

I pity the Mexican Miata enthusiast.