FAQ
In the US, when a car reaches 25 years of age, it is exempt from the NHTSA (25-year exempt), EPA (21-year exempt), dot, and FHTSA. Directly from NHTSA: “A motor vehicle that is at least 25 years old can be lawfully imported into the U.S. Without regard to whether it complies with all applicable fmvss… you should note that the 25 year period runs from the date (month & year) of the vehicle’s manufacture.”
Directly from EPA: “A vehicle at least 21 years old (calendar year of manufacture subtracted from year of importation) and in original unmodified configuration is either exempted or excluded from EPA emissions requirements, depending on age. Vehicles at least 21 years old with replacement engines are not eligible for this exemption unless they contain equivalent or newer EPA-certified engines. Customs may require proof of vehicle age.”Essentially any car that’s 25 years old or older. Example : if a car was manufactured in June 1992, then it’s available for import in June 2017. If you want a car imported that’s less than 25 years old; it’s a very pricey and lengthy process which requires a substantial amount of money. Please contact for more information.
YES! Email [email protected] for requesting your next vehicle.
Yes, a $500 deposit will hold a car for 7 days.
A $1000 deposit will hold a car for 14 days.
This deposit allows time to secure full payment, which will be due at the end of the hold period. We will consider the car sold during this period and other potential buyers will be told the car has a hold.
They will only be informed of availability if full payment is not met at the end of the hold time. This hold (deposit) will of course go toward the purchase price of the car.
We can prepare your car virtually any way that you’d like. Each car we import is detailed, inspected, and receives basic maintenance.
Note: upon receipt of the cars from Japan, we perform services only on pending issues. For maintenance items, customers can have a preference on certain brands or prefer to install parts themselves. Because of this, we only fix issues necessary for a reliable drive. Parts and services we usually leave up to the customers include, but not limited to oil changes, tires, belts, clutch, brakes, other fluids and etc.
If you’re interested in anything more, we would be glad to help you with that. We can do general maintenance upon request, parts installation, performance upgrades, restoration (e.G. Body & paint work), custom fabrication, conversion services, and more! Whether you’re looking to have a road course monster, drift missile, drag car or daily driver, we have the capacity to build exactly what you’re looking for.
Japan has a long list of cars that were never imported into the USA. Now that we’ve entered into the 1990s (Based on 25 Year Rule), there is an ever-growing list of amazing or unique cars to import into the USA.
A 25-year-old car in the USA is not comparable to a 25-year-old car in Japan as Japan has MUCH stricter rules around maintaining their vehicles. See Wikipedia’s take on the Japanese Motor Vehicle Inspection. It’s VERY detailed.
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