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Old 01-30-2008, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Werewolf
Depends on the VIN of your vehicle. If it starts W....then the car is considered German and will accrue a 2.71% import duty paid by the US buyer before the car can cross the border. This doesn't relieve or lessen the state tax paid to register the car.

If it starts with a number, then there is no duty.

Ask me how I know...
It is an X5, built in the US. How can it have a German prefix in the VIN?
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