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Importing a Spare Engine with Your Classic Car: EPA Rules Explained
By Alex Naumov on April 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
A customer recently asked us about importing a 1929 vehicle with a spare engine included in the shipment. The car qualified under the 25-year rule -- but the extra engine was a separate question entirely. Here is the short answer.
European Diesel Cars in the USA: Why EPA Compliance Is So Difficult
By Alex Naumov on April 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
The EPA compliance challenge for a European diesel is not a larger version of the gasoline compliance problem. It is a fundamentally different problem, and most buyers do not discover how different until they are already committed to a purchase. This guide explains exactly where the r …
Buy a 1970s European Classic at UK or German Auction: US Guide
By Alex Naumov on April 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM
The 1970s produced some of the most characterful European cars ever made, and the UK and German auction markets remain the deepest pools for finding them. The 25-year compliance window makes these vehicles straightforward to import, the collector market has not yet priced them the way …
Buying a Car from a Private Seller in Europe: US Buyer's Guide
By Alex Naumov on April 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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You have found the car. A 1976 BMW 2002 in Munich, a left-hand drive Jaguar E-Type in the South of France, a clean Alfa Romeo Spider in Rome with a documented history and a price that makes sense. The temptation to move quickly is real. What separates buyers who complete a clean impor …
Import a Car from Europe: Private Sellers, Auctions & Diesel Rules
By Alex Naumov on April 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Importing a car from Europe to the USA covers three genuinely different situations that most guides treat as one. Buying from a private seller in Germany is not the same as bidding at a UK classic car auction, and neither resembles the regulatory wall a European diesel faces at US cus …
The UK 12-Car Rule: What Private Sellers Need to Know Before Exporting
By Alex Naumov on April 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If you have been selling cars privately and exporting them to buyers in the USA, you may be operating closer to the legal line between private seller and trader than you realise. The 12-car rule is not a formal piece of legislation -- it is a threshold that has developed through HMRC …
Poor Man's Ferrari from the 1990s: Best Affordable Classics to Import
By Alex Naumov on April 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Some of the most rewarding sports cars ever built cost a fraction of what their contemporaries at Maranello charged. They offered the exhaust theatre, the driver engagement, the visual provocation -- without the parts bills or the depreciation curves that make Ferrari ownership a full …
Cost to Ship a Car from the UK to the USA in 2026: Full Breakdown
By Alex Naumov on April 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The total cost of shipping a car from the UK to the USA is rarely what buyers expect when they first start looking at UK auctions. Freight, duty, destination charges, and delivery all stack on top of the purchase price in ways that are easy to underestimate if you are working from a s …
UK Car Imports to the USA in 2026: Costs, Classics, and the 12-Car Rule
By Alex Naumov on April 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The UK remains one of the richest sources of classic and performance cars for US buyers -- right-hand drive is the only consistent disadvantage, and for most collectors that is a manageable trade-off against access to European-spec vehicles, lower mileage examples, and a well-document …
JDM SUV vs Sports Car Import: How the Process and Costs Differ
By Alex Naumov on April 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The 25-year rule applies equally to a 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R and a 1999 Nissan Patrol. On paper, the legal framework is the same. In practice, the financial exposure, shipping logistics, compliance pathway, and registration experience can be dramatically different depending on which …