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[h=2]1991 Nissan Figaro[/h] The diminutive Nissan Figaro will remain a car for foreign markets only. | Nissan

Nissan launched this little throwback car overseas in 1991 and it has been on the NHTSA blacklist ever since. Only 12,000 were produced and doled out via a buyer’s lottery, and CD players came standard in the original models. Overseas, you can pick one up for under $10,000.

 

[h=2]1995 Audi Avant RS2[/h] This powerful wagon is illegal in the USA. | Audi

Americans have been pining for powerful German-built wagons for years, and the Audi Avant RS2 from ’95 was probably on many wishlists out there. After all, a low-slung utility vehicle that can sprint to 60 in five seconds and top 160 miles per hour isn’t for sale in every any dealership. A 1995 RS2 won’t be the solution.

 

This car is in America but a different year..... (wink)

[h=2]2000 Fiat 126p[/h] As curiosities go, the Fiat 126p is a quaint artifact. | Fiat

The Polish-built model of the Fiat 126 sold to over 4.5 million customers and achieved symbolic heft as the first “people’s car” in the post-Communist state. So maybe this car has most appeal for history buffs and/or opponents of late-20th-century leftist regimes. But that still won’t let you get it into the country.

 

[h=2]TVR Cerbera[/h] The Cerbera is one of four banned TVR nameplates. | TVR

Those who appreciate TVR design and performance are without luck when looking at model year 1996 through 2005. Specifically, add to the list the 1996 Cerbera, which offered 420 horsepower and a zero-to-60 time of 3.9 seconds. It just wasn’t built with U.S. drivers in mind.

 

[h=2]1987 BMW M6[/h] Classic BMW enthusiasts have to cross the ’87 M6 off the list. | BMW

By any account, the 1987 BMW M6 was everything it was cracked up to be. Car and Driver gushed over it in a contemporary review, and three decades later enthusiasts still want a piece. However, importing this model won’t be on the agenda, so you have to limit the list to those already here.

 

maybe and matbe not.....


[h=2]1989 Porsche 959 S[/h] In the late 1980s, Porsche made a few hundred 959s, but none of them to U.S. specifications. | Porsche

The Porsche 959 S is the very-limited-edition racing variant of the already rare group of supercars built in the late ’80s. As you might guess, only a few were built and none of the standard models were built to U.S. specs. Naturally, 959 racers are banned from America decades later.

 

There are however some older ones already here and seen at car shows.....
[h=2]1985 Citroen 2CV Dolly[/h] A rally of Citroen cars, led by a 2CV, heads down Riverside Drive 14 July, 2002, in New York City. | Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

A Citroen 2CV Dolly is going to be one of the quirkier cars you’ll ever see on U.S. roads. Yet because of the specs of the 1985 model, you’ll never see a Dolly from that year. The NHTSA has this minor classic on its blacklist.
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[h=2]1991 Toyota Sera[/h] The Sera from 1991 remains banned in America. | Toyota

Who said only supercars get butterfly doors? Toyota put them on the Sera hatchback coupe that had a run from 1990 through 1995 in Japan. Though many have been exported to enthusiasts abroad, the 1991 model remains off-limits in America.

 

maybe and matbe not.....[h=2]1990 Porsche Carrera 4 Lightweight[/h] The 1990 Carrera 4 RS Lightweight is of the rarest Porsches. | Bonhams

At times, this NHTSA blacklist will seem downright cruel. We present the 1990 Porsche 911 Carrera 4RS Lightweight as an example. Most people have never heard of it and only 20 were made, so it’s already an extreme long-shot. But if you tracked it down somehow and had a few hundred grand to nab one, you still couldn’t import it.

 

[h=2]TVR T350[/h] TVR T350 | TVR

Rounding out the list is the fourth TVR to get the hex between model years 1996 and 2006. The T350, a lightweight speedster that could hit 60 miles per hour in under five seconds, existed for five years beginning in 2002. Since all were built to foreign specifications, NHTSA says no to importing each and every one.