The Automotive Gray Market: An Inside History

by John B Hege

In the 1970s, as car enthusiasts in the U.S. grew bored with models manufactured under tightening pollution and safety regulations, some innovative dealers exploited a legal loophole--designed to allow U.S. soldiers and diplomats to return from abroad with their vehicles--to import exotic cars never intended for sale in America. During the 1980s, a rise in the value of the dollar made car shopping in Europe a bargain hunter's dream. A network...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786463732
• ISBN13: 9780786463732
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up