Favorite car not imported to the US

[vash]

[kach22i]

Lancia Stratos and first Renault Alpine as already mentioned.

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Alfa Romeo Brera
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[aigel]

Originally Posted by vash

land rover DEFENDER! the only unobtainium that i want. hands down.

if i could get my hands on one...if they still imported them, i could afford a used one. current situation, cost are getting higher.

I agree these are cool. But I wouldn't do that. You lose an average replacement part in Modoc County on a hunting trip, you will be grounded. If you are in a Ford diesel or anything else that's common, you can keep hunting in half a day or less.

My choice for imported diesel 4x4 would be the Mercedes Gelaendewagen. Only available in luxury version with a V8 in the US.

George

[aigel]

Originally Posted by tmsautoart

Renault Alpine?

Yes!

I used to drive by one with the school bus every day. Same color. I am not sure about their performance, but the looks are just killer. If they had them here, I would own one to see how I like it. (I have owned quite a few of my "must own" cars, just to get it out of the system.)

George

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by vash

i cannot stand clean Defenders, they must be dirty, with "patina" on em.
i'm talking mud, dirt, even rust spots...

this is more like it :

[Monza_dh]

With Fiat coming back I always liked anytihng exotic Italian of French when younger. I'd also love TVR to import.










This is my alltime faviortie non import. I've seen a few on The streets of Italy last time there:

















Oh sorry, wrong thread!!! supposed to post in the "I'm noving to France Thread"!!

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

959.

I think the TVRs aren't either.

TVR's are pretty cool, I saw some Prodrive thing with a Subie drivetrain that looked fun, made Jeremy pitch his cookies driving circles. There were a lot of Lotus and Lancia vehicles they never sold here that I would covet.

[VaSteve]

Oh yeah, BMW 135 hatchback. That and the M5 Wagon. Drool.

[rammstein]

Originally Posted by VaSteve

Oh yeah, BMW 135 hatchback.

Yes. I'd probably sell my current car and a kidney for it. Practical, and with that engine. Have any of you driven the 135? Brilliant car.

[dd74]

Cadillac CTS turbo diesel. That's right: a massively-torqued diesel that can pull the headlights out of a BMW M5 while getting twice the fuel mileage. But GM will only let Europeans have it. And the god damned thing is built in N. America.

Way to go, Government Motors.

[tmsautoart]

Yes!...as previously mentioned: the new Scirocco! That thing is mean looking.



That Clio is cool and how could I forget the 964 RS.

[dailyATX82sc]

SUPER 7

[ZAMIRZ]

Only one. Zonda.



Honorable mention goes to the Cossie

[holtjv]

[Monza_dh]

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The new Alpha's are here:

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[Z-man]

My list:

Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II


Ford RS200 Evolution


The new VW Scirocco


Fiat Abarth 500 (coming next year!)


Ford sportKa


Already mentioned in this thread that are also on my list are:
- Lancia Stratos
- Porsche 959

-Z-man.

[Pazuzu]

Now, I'm not all into the autoblogs, so it's possible that these are actually going to be imported, but I doubt it:
Mercedes A class. Saw one in Hamburg, and forever thought that they would sell like hotcakes to young urbanites in the big cities:




And, the new SLS AMG gullwing:



Again, I'm *presuming* that it never makes it over here.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by VaSteve

Oh yeah, BMW 135 hatchback. That and the M5 Wagon. Drool.

+1 on the 1 series 3 and 5 door hatchbacks. And I want the 120d, 150-160hp, 6 speed diesel, 50+mpg. I drove one of these in Spain for a week in the summer of 2007. Great little car.

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

And, the new SLS AMG gullwing:



Again, I'm *presuming* that it never makes it over here.

The SLS will definately be coming to USA.

-Z-man.

[dd74]

Originally Posted by tmsautoart

Sun International...

They were supposed to have imported a lot of cars; Cosworth Escorts, R5 Turbos, R2000s, even some Elise cars. But at least a few were butchered apart and sold with Acura Integra engines.

I think Sun International is out of business now. At least their website hasn't seemed to change in the last three or four years.