Well the prices back in the early 80's were better in Europe and you could by any car there for alot less than here. My friend and I dealt in gray-market cars back then. We would buy a new car there and get it converted here and then sell it for a very good profit. A Countach would cost us about $80,000 brand new. With shipping and then DOT and EPA we would spend another $20,000 to $25,000 and then sold it for $140,000 or so. The cost of the DOT alone was about $14,000. We had to replace all the glass and doors. EPA made us change the exhaust which made it lose about 20 to 30 hp. Alot of shit but the payoff was good. We dealt with Mercedes and BMW too. Had a couple "M" cars to. They were neat cause they came with a fire extinguisher next to the driver door. They ended up outlawing gray market cars. When we first did it it was easy to do then it got harder and harder to register and get a warranty. But it was fun for about a year or so.
