Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:03:26 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> Subject: Re: Anyone Imported Saab into UK?
Davo wrote: > > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> wrote in message > news:3C71AD35.97FEBF27nopsamanytime.co.uk... > > > > > > Davo wrote: > > > > > > "Little Green Man :-)" <area51_roswellnopsamail.com> wrote in message > > > news:a4p2h3$ap7$1nopsamsos.btinternet.com... > > > > I have been looking around on the internet and have found a > > > > number of garages that import Saabs into the UK. > > > > > > > > This can save over 4K on a Aero 9-3. > > > > > > > > Has any one used any of the garages in the UK or imported > > > > on your own. > > > > > > > > I now understand that these garages place your order will Saab > > > > and the car is made to order in about 6 weeks. > > > > > > > > Oh and yes I do know that all Saabs are imported. > > > > > > > > Many thanks. > > > > > > One thing I don't get (...me living in RHD country) is how all you UKers > put > > > up with driving a LHD car. I'm assuming that's what happens, unless > you're > > > converting them, which I doubt. > > > > The imported cars are ordered of UK spec. There is an EC ruling that the > > non UK dealer must not refuse to supply an UK spec car if it is made. > > Hmm, I've just asked a few Q's in my post to Martin. I assume what you're > saying is that one can simply order a car from a EUR dealer. What I don't > understand fully, is how the EUR dealer gets his hands on a RHD car, speced > for the UK. Sounds dodgey, but great for UK buyers. ????? Nothing dodgy at all! I cannot stress it enough, it is perfectly OK to import a car yourself from EC countries. If there is anything dodgy, then it is the dealers who refuse to comply. In fact one big German manufacturer has once been heavily fined by the EC courts for not supplying uk spec cars outside uk. Johannes
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