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Originally posted by Unit 5302:
You certainly can import the Skyline. Not a prob, but they cannot be mass marketed and released here, they need to go through all the tests and tormenting of the government nutballs. I'm not saying Ford and GM might not show up to the meetings and try to exert some pressure to keep the Skyline out, but ultimately the US government decides what comes in and what stays out.
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I don't know if you are aware, but R34's, R33's, and R32's are now legal to be sold through a company called Motorex in the United States in all 50 states. Motorex went through all of the testing and bureaucratic bs to get these three gens of Skylines legal for sale in the U.S. Now do you really think that if a small company can get the current and previous two gens of Skylines legal for sale, that Nissan couldn't bring in the new R35 when it comes out if the
really wanted to?
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Inferno you mentioned the Cosworth engine for the Focus, well that 2.0 twin turbo has been around since 1994 in the Ford Escort overseas. The motor was incapable of passing our emissions standards at that time, let alone now. Plus that Ford Escort Cosworth XB (the single turbo predicessor to the RS) would have cost about $35,000 if it were to be mass produced and relased to the US. Also you indicate that it's bad that the domestic auto makers have begun to purchase overseas manufacturers. Mazda was in a heap of trouble when Ford eye'd them up. Jaguar and Aston Martin were practically headed for the auction blocks. Now Jaguar and Aston Martin have booming sales figures and are back as upper eschelon auto makers. How did Ford do it? They made those manufacturers focus on quality, and got them to produce solid, reliable, high performance vehicles that were no longer the butt of everyone's jokes. I'm not asking the motor mags to review a 1991 Tempo, or a 1990 Grand Am with a quad-4, or even for them to predict long term reliability. I'd just like to see a little fair play on the testing and reviewing of new cars.
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I know that motor was available since 94 in the Escort and I am not saying that all Foci should get a Cosworth engine. They have better performance out of the same engine in Europe. I am tired of people saying that certain motors wouldn't be smog legal in the U.S. because the truth is that there are very few changes that would need to be done to make them meet U.S. standards.
Also, I never said that it was bad for the Big Three to purchase all of these companies. I just said that since they have acquired these companies, they should use some of the technology in their U.S. model cars. A lot of American small cars have very little appeal because of a lack of quality when compared to other small cars which could change if the U.S. companies would use their new resources.