Honda City
6th gen (GM4–GM9) 2014–2020 (2021– for PK-market)
Raleigh NC 11/12/22
A Honda City registered in the USA! I spotted this today, I got a picture of the front.
The City isnt sold in the US, I'm not sure how it got registered here, with the 25 year import law
Comments (11)
CarDriver3838 2022-11-13 06:56:00 | #2
This an awesome spot! They most likely drove it there from Mexico, and moved there. I'm not that the import law applies to cars within NA, which explains why it was able to be registered in NC. I've seen a similar case myself.
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JSRX 2022-11-13 17:37:38 | #4
Oryx (2022-11-13 11:19:03)Oryx
Would be interested to see if there are any inspection stickers from wherever it originated.
Would be interested to see if there are any inspection stickers from wherever it originated.
There was only one very small blue inspection sticker on the front window, I can send you the picture of the front if you could try to identify it
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naterez71 2022-11-13 20:28:02 | #5
CarDriver3838 (2022-11-13 06:56:00)The only way an import law does not apply in North America would be if you moved from Mexico to the US (for example) and you had a car that was sold in both countries. For example If you owned a Honda Civic in Mexico and the same model was sold in the US, you'd write to Honda Mexico to write you a "letter of compliance". This case here with the Honda City is illegal because the car was not sold in the US. The only possible legal case here is if it is a certain military personnel (but this usually only happens around the NATO base in Virginia).
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CarDriver3838 2022-11-13 23:50:39 | #6
naterez71 (2022-11-13 20:28:02)naterez71
The only way an import law does not apply in North America would be if you moved from Mexico to the US (for example) and you had a car that was sold in both countries. For example If you owned a Honda Civic in Mexico and the same model was sold in the US, you'd write to Honda Mexico to write you a "letter of compliance". This case here with the Honda City is illegal because the car was not sold in the US. The only possible legal case here is if it is a certain military personnel (but this usually only happens around the NATO base in Virginia).
The only way an import law does not apply in North America would be if you moved from Mexico to the US (for example) and you had a car that was sold in both countries. For example If you owned a Honda Civic in Mexico and the same model was sold in the US, you'd write to Honda Mexico to write you a "letter of compliance". This case here with the Honda City is illegal because the car was not sold in the US. The only possible legal case here is if it is a certain military personnel (but this usually only happens around the NATO base in Virginia).
Ahh, ok. So the case I saw was because of this, since it was a Volkswagen Jetta, and it was essentially the same model that was sold in the US. Thanks for that piece of info! I do have one more suggestion: Maybe they registered the car as something different just to get by, or when the NCDMV inspected it, they said it was ok to register? By registering it as something different, I mean that they could've "lied" and said it was a Civic. The only way that makes sense is the inspection. Some loophole had to be pulled to make this work, for sure.
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CarDriver3838 2022-11-14 00:10:34 | #8
naterez71 (2022-11-14 00:04:22)naterez71
The plates come back to "Unknown Vehicle" in Carfax, and in Orto it says "VIN not recognized", meaning I believe the VIN the plates come back to are in fact for this Honda City
The plates come back to "Unknown Vehicle" in Carfax, and in Orto it says "VIN not recognized", meaning I believe the VIN the plates come back to are in fact for this Honda City
I knew they came back to this car. I was saying that they register it under a different model, but with the same VIN. Of course, that's unlikely, so it most likely was approved by the state DMV's inspection.
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JSRX 2022-11-14 01:00:16 | #9
naterez71 (2022-11-13 20:28:02)naterez71
The only way an import law does not apply in North America would be if you moved from Mexico to the US (for example) and you had a car that was sold in both countries. For example If you owned a Honda Civic in Mexico and the same model was sold in the US, you'd write to Honda Mexico to write you a "letter of compliance". This case here with the Honda City is illegal because the car was not sold in the US. The only possible legal case here is if it is a certain military personnel (but this usually only happens around the NATO base in Virginia).
The only way an import law does not apply in North America would be if you moved from Mexico to the US (for example) and you had a car that was sold in both countries. For example If you owned a Honda Civic in Mexico and the same model was sold in the US, you'd write to Honda Mexico to write you a "letter of compliance". This case here with the Honda City is illegal because the car was not sold in the US. The only possible legal case here is if it is a certain military personnel (but this usually only happens around the NATO base in Virginia).
There must be some way they legally got it through. The car was registered in September (sep 23 stickers) so for 2 months its been driving without getting in trouble. Also how come when you look up the plate and VIN you get nothing if its registred to USA?
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CarDriver3838 2022-11-14 01:06:53 | #10
JSRX (2022-11-14 01:00:16)JSRX
naterez71
The only way an import law does not apply in North America would be if you moved from Mexico to the US (for example) and you had a car that was sold in both countries. For example If you owned a Honda Civic in Mexico and the same model was sold in the US, you'd write to Honda Mexico to write you a "letter of compliance". This case here with the Honda City is illegal because the car was not sold in the US. The only possible legal case here is if it is a certain military personnel (but this usually only happens around the NATO base in Virginia).
There must be some way they legally got it through. The car was registered in September (sep 23 stickers) so for 2 months its been driving without getting in trouble. Also how come when you look up the plate and VIN you get nothing if its registred to USA?
naterez71
The only way an import law does not apply in North America would be if you moved from Mexico to the US (for example) and you had a car that was sold in both countries. For example If you owned a Honda Civic in Mexico and the same model was sold in the US, you'd write to Honda Mexico to write you a "letter of compliance". This case here with the Honda City is illegal because the car was not sold in the US. The only possible legal case here is if it is a certain military personnel (but this usually only happens around the NATO base in Virginia).
There must be some way they legally got it through. The car was registered in September (sep 23 stickers) so for 2 months its been driving without getting in trouble. Also how come when you look up the plate and VIN you get nothing if its registred to USA?
The systems don't recognize this vehicle's VIN, and it's having trouble decoding the VIN. It just really throws off the lookup systems, even though it's properly registered in the USA.
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naterez71 2022-11-14 06:07:30 | #11
JSRX (2022-11-14 01:00:16)It may legally be titled in NC, but that doesn't mean it's legally imported. Any car less than 25 years old isn't able to be imported unless it's on the very specific Show and Display list that NHTSA has published. It can still be seized and crushed at any time
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