I apologize - I didn't want to bring up the issue of
classing the Elise anymore. That horse is dead.
I just thought that gray market cars and how people
get them here is quite interesting. The best example
are the stories I hear about the Porsche 959. What a
beautiful car!
http://erntheburn.tripod.com/autos/959/
patrick
--- Charlie Davis <gt40d@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Patrick Jones wrote:
>
> > (Not entirely autocross material, but good
> car-talk
> > anyway)
> >
> > Charlie - You bring up an interesting subject that
> > dovetails into the previous thread about fantasy
> > cars
> > brought over the old country.
> >
> > What constitutes "gray market"?
> >
> > Now, my Elise was sold in the USA, by Lotus USA,
> > with
> > full knowledge and approval of the US federal
> > government, including Customs. It was sold as an
> > "off
> > road" vehicle only and I had to sign a waiver to
> > that
> > affect.
> >
> > Is this a gray market vehicle?
> >
> > I always assumed that gray market referred to a
> > vehicle that was brought into the US by something
> > other than official channels. The fact that these
> > cars may or may not be eligible for registration
> in
> > any particular state was of little consequence -
> > except to the owner of course.
>
> Well, traditionally your definition of gray market
> is
> correct. But realize that a manufacturer bringing a
> car to the US and selling it for off road use is
> pretty unprecedented. We don't really have a
> category
> for that. Any such car (Lola comes to mind.
> Imported, but not for road use) would go only in the
> Modified classes within SCCA Solo 2, and that's
> where
> your car currently has to run.
>
> The PAC's efforts to get such a car classed in
> Prepared Category is unprecedented as far as I know,
> as well.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
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