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Originally Posted by tvacc
There is one other way to get a 340r or similar car on the road leagally.
You can import a car without engine/tranny as "parts". Then find a suitable replacement US legal engine and have it registered the same way that the Caterhams, Birkins, and other "kit" cars are registered.
There is a fine line. It can no longer be a "car" when it comes into the country. There are many 190's and such in the USA that way...as well as a hell of a lot of Caterhams/Birkins.....etc...etc.
I have often thought of doing that with the 340r or the 211.
Oh...as long at the insurance company knows what you are insuring, they cannot deny a claim. A kit car is a kit car.
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This falls into the category of "you might be able to get away with it, but it is still illegal". You can not legally disassemble a car that is not legal in the US, then import the parts and reassemble it - even if it gets a different EPA legal engine - and call it a kit car. Both the 340R and 211 are fully produced cars and will not qualify as kit cars like Caterham and Birkin do.