#GreyMarket

Of all the European-market new cars that flooded into the United States during the wild gray-market years of the early and middle 1980s, the Mercedes-Benz W126 S-Class appears to have been the most popular. Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado.

• how much addedcostsontopofthepurchase/transport price?
  • 25% truck import duty? even with a 4-door model ?
• how much paper work? US customs, EPA, State safety inspection, DMV plate?
• what if the truck has a broken or no engine/transmission, would that make the import any easier/cheaper?
  • if it has no engine, install a local used engine in the US?
• does it matter if the truck is from Mexico,Thailand, South America…? any easier rules?
  • RHD personal vehicle is allowed in the US?

Though most automakers prohibit sales of their wares to exporters, and though the government can sometimes block an export despite such exportation being legal, exporters in the United States are finding themselves in the crossfire over premium vehicle exports to Chinese consumers who prefer to pay lower U.S. prices over higher local prices.