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Quoted from dmacy:Very cool and different. Never saw one before but nice that it's different. I guess it's akward for drive thru's! J/K!
7 months later
Quoted from ralphwiggum:Nice... Hard to believe that car is 25 years old. Did you have to use a broker to get it here?
Anything under $2500 doesn’t require a broker. You can self-import with 3 simple forms. Bringing my Cappuccino in was simple.
I found a reputable exporter in Japan. With them they give you access to the auction listings in Japan. Once I found a car I was interested in, they would translate the auction sheet. If still interested they would go to the preview and provide a full report on the car. Then they would bid for you. If you win, they transport to port, load on a cargo ship, pay for insurance and provide all necessary paperwork. Once it arrives at port you have 3 pieces of paper to fill out and you can self import through customs. All in, the exporter fees were around $2200. Import duty is only 2.5%, plus an unloading fee of around $90 if I remember correctly. I had zero issues with the title and registration PA. All went through without issue. The exporter did a great job explaining the process the whole way through.
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Quoted from robertmee:You suck....I've been looking for one for over a year. Missed one locally about 9 months ago. Did you go the import route?
Yes. I’m importing it. I just bought it at auction about two weeks ago. I imported my Cappuccino a year and a half ago and the process was quite easy.
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Quoted from robertmee:They're awesome....Autozam AZ-1. Made by Mazda but I think has a Suzuki engine. Engines you cant kill. Smaller than a first gen MR2. I've been looking one for a few years but havent had the balls to import one.
657 cc, turbocharged 3 cylinder, 64hp. It’s the same engine in the AZ-1 and the Cappuccino. Both are between 1500 and 1600 lbs.
The import process has been extremely easy. I’ve now imported my Cappuccino using the informal entry process and the AZ-1 with the standard process which requires a broker. I’d definitely recommend taking the chance and importing one.
DE37F420-6B41-484A-8C9E-11868F18CD7A.jpegQuoted from tjprice222:64HP?? I think my lawnmower has more than that. What are the other benefits of vehicles like these or why are they worth importing? Sorry, I’m not familiar with them either.
They are essentially street legal go karts that also have the allure of being extremely unique. I love small lightweight cars. I consider them a more modern take on early British sports cars but way more technology and near bulletproof reliability.
7 months later
To get back a little on topic. My new summer car should arrive in a few weeks. Hopefully we aren't so locked down at point that I can't get to the port in Baltimore to pick it up. Unfortunately I have no pics with the gull-wing doors open.
1994 Suzuki Cara. 1 of 531 ever made.
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Quoted from bob_e:I found this on the internet, Auto Zam AZ-1[quoted image]
Yes, the AZ-1 is basically the same car except ten times more were produced. I previously had a blue one.
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Quoted from starfighter:I'm still considering a Cappuccino.
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Do it. I've imported a Cappuccino, AZ-1 and Cara and I enjoyed the Cappuccino the most out of any of them.
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Quoted from RyanStl:This is a totally innocent question with no ill intent. Why import a Lancer Evo? Does this have a spec you just can't get here without import? It looks cool, but I don't know enough to know if that is a kit on top of the Evo.
It’s a 1996 EVO IV. They didn’t import the EVO into the US until the 2003 EVO VIII. This has only been legal to import for less than a year and there are likely only a handful of them in the entire country right now.
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