Re: Re:Importing non-US models, USA v. European emissions

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

They are very similar. I know that current Alfas pass California 
emissions, for instance.


George Graves
'86 GTV-6
See you all at the "All Italian Car Day" in Alameda on Sunday.

On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 02:27  PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:20:31 -0400
> From: "McCarty, Richard" <RMcCarty@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re:Importing non-US models, USA v. European emissions
>
> Hello All-
> I understand that the US would require a new imported car to meet the
> current US emission requirements, but how different are the current
> standards here and in Europe?
>
> It seems that with the advent of modern electronic fuel injection and 
> the
> new generation of cat/O2 sensor combos that it should be easy to bring 
> a new
> European car into compliance with US standards. If I were to
> (hypothetically, of course) buy a new B*W in Germany how different 
> would the
> induction and exhaust systems actually be from the current US models?
> Wouldn't they have similar Bosch injection systems?
>
> I know there was a time when the emission standards here and across 
> the pond
> were very different ( Spica here in the states while euro spec cars 
> still
> ran Webers ), but these days I would have thought that the standards 
> are
> fairly similar...
>
> Peace,
> Rich M
> 72 GTV
> 67 Gilera 124
> 66 Ducati Mach I, LTP
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