Talk:BMW Z1

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[edit] Z1 illegal in the U.S.A. because of doors?

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists the BMW Z1 (1988-1991) in the "show or display" category, reserved for cases where

"it would be difficult or impossible to bring the vehicle into compliance with the Federal motor vehicle safety standards. This provision is intended to facilitate the importation of historically or technologically significant vehicles that were never certified by their manufacturer for sale in the United States."

See

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/sdlist06202005.html

and

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/howtosd072003.html

This quote is from BMW World:

"The doors of the Z1 are unique. The doors drop down into the car's sills (or rockers), and as they drop the windows lower. The "open air" cockpit was considered unsafe in the USA, and the Z1 was not allowed to be imported for many years."

See http://www.bmwworld.com/models/z1.htm

I wonder if without the U.S. market the Z1 could have survived anyway.

Aldo L 18:40, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Anyone here who has imported one Z1 into the USA ? I would like to do that but it seems so difficult !!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.108.158.71 (talk • contribs).