We can' t import old cars. They have to comply with euro 3 I think
This rule was valid where I live until recently, too. Basically, it was loved by new car dealers, hated by ordinary Joe Average as second hand cars were always much cheaper in Germany, which is just around the corner.
Last year, it was established that the rule is a violation of EU free trade rules, and now it is possible to import any car which, at the time of its sale, complied to unified EU rules. Simply said, almost any car from, say, early 90s on, can now be imported from any EU country and, after a thorough MOT, registered locally.
Of course, the lobby of the new car dealers shouted a lot, saying the country would turn to a "wreck pool of Europe" etc., blah blah blah. This did not happen, of course, because the demand for the cheap wrecks is very low now due to increased imports of quite new German second hand cars for reasonable prices. Who would invest effort to importing a 300 EUR car from abroad to sell it locally for, say, 500 EUR
Plus, people already got used to buying brand new cars and paying for them in monthly installments.
Due to the rapid fall of the prices of the older cars, I was able to get my 1992 1,4 Tipo last year for silly 250 EUR. Speaking of a Sedici, I do not think anybody here would be ready to pay more than, say, 1000 - 1300 EUR today.
