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Author:  Sir Sam [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Found something interesting today:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0062]
Notice of Receipt of Petition for
Decision That Nonconforming 2005
Jeep Liberty Multipurpose Passenger
Vehicles Are Eligible for Importation
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for
decision that nonconforming 2005 Jeep
Liberty multipurpose passenger vehicles
are eligible for importation.
SUMMARY: This document announces
receipt by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a
petition for a decision that 2005 Jeep
Liberty multipurpose passenger vehicles
that were not originally manufactured to
comply with all applicable Federal
motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS)
are eligible for importation into the
United States because (1) they are
substantially similar to vehicles that
were originally manufactured for sale in
the United States and that were certified
by their manufacturer as complying
with the safety standards, and (2) they
are capable of being readily altered to
conform to the standards.
DATES: The closing date for comments
on the petition is May 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
the docket and notice numbers above
and be submitted by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility:
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
Instructions: Comments must be
written in the English language, and be
no greater than 15 pages in length,
although there is no limit to the length
of necessary attachments to the
comments. If comments are submitted
in hard copy form, please ensure that
two copies are provided. If you wish to
receive confirmation that your
comments were received, please enclose
a stamped, self-addressed postcard with
the comments. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78).

You can read the full pdf here:
http://colorado4wheel.com/images/misc/J ... import.pdf
Author:  truckbouy2 [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:32 pm ]
Post subject: 
Now THAT is a very inspiring bit of news....
SirSam you've rekindled the Wrangler transplant vision for this creaky ol' carpenter....
:D
Author:  litton [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:54 pm ]
Post subject: 
OK, so what does that mean to us?

I read it that someone petitioned to bring a european spec liberty into the US on the grounds that it can be easily brought into compliance with US standards. However, we don't know if the petition was granted. Wonder what it will take to bring it into compliance if the petition is granted......lose the manual tranny and install an auto??? :lol:
Author:  Sir Sam [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:40 pm ]
Post subject: 
truckbouy2 wrote:
Now THAT is a very inspiring bit of news....
SirSam you've rekindled the Wrangler transplant vision for this creaky ol' carpenter....
:D


Ya, though it still would be pricey for a 04 CRD overseas, we might get lucky with this and be allowed to import front clips for conversions.

I'm not sure what that all means, but its a little hopeful.

litton wrote:
OK, so what does that mean to us?

I read it that someone petitioned to bring a european spec liberty into the US on the grounds that it can be easily brought into compliance with US standards. However, we don't know if the petition was granted. Wonder what it will take to bring it into compliance if the petition is granted......lose the manual tranny and install an auto??? :lol:


This might have been the petition, I'm not sure how to search through the publicly available documents about the outcome of these things to find out if the request was granted.
Author:  spencevans [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:38 am ]
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I would import a CRD with a 6 speed in a heart beat. I would be back in the club. :D
Author:  Sir Sam [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:41 am ]
Post subject: 
spencevans wrote:
I would import a CRD with a 6 speed in a heart beat. I would be back in the club. :D


Would probably still be cheaper to convert one.

If you need a cheap CRD here is one for ya:
http://www.klode.com/Kws/Napplications/ ... Exit=Close
Author:  nursecosmo [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:16 am ]
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So is it a petition to import a single unit by an individual or for a grant to import any e-spec kj?
Author:  litton [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:14 am ]
Post subject: 
I went in a read the whole petition and it seems that the petition is to bring the vehilces in for resale. Some of the ugrades necessary include changing the instruments, airbag system including the cumputers sensors, and etc to US specs. Probably 3-4,K worth of required mods.
Author:  Joe Romas [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:18 am ]
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Since Uffe reports $9 a gallon diesel and a very low market for crd's in Denmark maybe someone is going to buy them up in Europe on the cheap and resell them here :lol:
Author:  Uffe [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:40 am ]
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You could've bought my CRD possibly - but if you want to know who to contact I'll give you some details of the dealership where it is :D

If you're very interested go to www.mobile.de and do a search, they include plenty of european countries in their search engine. If you want it in english go to http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/searc ... &lang=en#0

Good luck guys.
Author:  tonycrd [ Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:31 am ]
Post subject: 
You guys would need to be

A) very rich and / or
B) insane

to import a KJ from Europe. These babies did $42k. (over here)
No way you can find a 'cheap' one anywhere.

Buy a new 4 door JK 2.8 CRD. Then you really have the best of both worlds.
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