Section 1: Importing What about if I buy a Canadian or German Bike? (and bring it into the US?) by DHP#711 Not an expert on the subject but have dealt with it quite a bit and talked to people like BMWNA about it.
• Regulatory stuff • German F650 to US legal • More info from CustomsRegulatory stuff • Suffice it to say, I don’t believe in the old axiom of “well the US is more litigious so they must charge more.” For ‘most’ given situations in business there are simple and clear explanations even if you have to ‘dig’ a little bit. Definitely, prices are most often set based on what the seller believes is going to be a good market rate. That’s where MSRPs are figured out, dealers are free to charge as much or as little (free) for the product as they like. The baseline of the product cost is what it’s at where BMW AG (manufacturing) finishes the product for it’s customer BMWNA (the USA importer). Costs associated with complying with the different federal laws such as emissions, noise, tires, etc. are all then attributed to the model coming off the production line. You can have an F650GS for the US being made next to the F650GS for Canada or Japan. They’ll look the same but on the internal BMW spread
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