Bringing a B5 TDI into the US???

[astibo]

Has anyone done this? A friend of mine would like to get a VW TDI but the Jetta is too small for his wants. What about a TDI Passat?

Has anyone done (or heard of anyone doing) this?

TIA.

 

[dieseldorf]

It is not feasable. You can see the reasons for yourself at the NHTSA and DOT web sites under importing non-compliance vehicles.

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96 TDI Wagon, ABS, emerald green
00 Jetta TDI GLS, silver arrow, CWP, LUX1, etc, etc.

 

[astibo]

Sorry, didn't mean to cause a rucus. I'll try the search.

 

[clacker]

Simply go to the NHTSA website, look up the qualified vehicle importers and give them a call, they can answer your questions. It isn't THAT hard to do, but it is expensive.
Greg

 

[mickey]

It's the closest thing to impossible. It would be cheaper and faster to buy a B5 in the U.S. and do a TDI conversion.

-mickey

 

[Eric Friedland]

Yeah, we all want the TDI in the passat wagon. Might as well throw in the V6 with the 6 speed and 4 motion AWD. Make it white, with tan leather. Maybe the new Microbus.....


But two words for you, DREAM ON! Find a used 96 and 97. The passat came in a TDI those years, and I see them plugging around.

Please use the search function, and you will see that this is has been hashed ad nauseum.

Eric