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Looking at a BMW 5 series in the 90's while I am in Hungary and Europe for the year or so but I want to bring it back. I'm reading left and right on some stuff about it and some sites are saying there is some exemptions and others are saying there is none or there is something for military personnel.
Anyone have direct experience bringing a Euro spec car to America?
You cannot legally bring a Euro Spec car into the US and title and register it. It is possible to import one for off road use. You can have a Euro Spec car converted to US specs, and import it, but I promise you that you will spend more having it converted than it would cost to buy a US spec car in the US, buy a Euro Spec car in Europe, strip whatever it is you want off the Euro car, ship the parts to the states, and convert your US spec car to Euro Spec.
I was a teenager who learned to drive in Germany, I had the same thought you are having now.