Because these were not sold new in North America, nearly all are imports, and registration in California is a repeated point of friction. Some report diesels pre-1997 are smog-exempt and register with just the title, while others describe multi-month ordeals through the single ARB-licensed lab (G&K) costing well over ten thousand dollars. …
Gray-market imports and California registration
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