Jason Moore, a 35 year old freelance writer from Austin, Texas. He also works as a marketing analyst for an established auto parts store in the country.
If you think that US has everything that you want then you are in for a surprise because not everything especially when it comes to car can be found in the land of milk and honey.
Forbes.com has released its list of the top ten cars that you won’t find in the US. And here is the list:
• Alfa Romeo Spider V6 model with high-quality Alfa Romeo catalytic converter and costing $46,377 introduced in the 1967 movie The Graduate has stayed in the US market until 1995. It was taken out of the market by Fiat S.p.A due to poor quality and financial problems.
• Aston Martin Vanquish S which cost about $360,000 was last offered in the US market after its 2006 model year. The Vanquish S is Astion Martin’s faster-ever, street-legal car with a hand-build 6.0 liter V12 engine that produces 520 hp of power.
• Audi S3 cost about $39,700 is a high performance version of the A3 which is available in the US. The S3 has 265hp, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine. Its only drawback is its styling which consist of boxy two-door and a hatchback which is not a popular body style in the US.
• BMW 1 Series with price around $30,000 was introduced as a four-door hatchback 1 Series in the fall of 2004 unfortunately not for US market.
• Citroen C6 costing around $54,000 is a flagship sedan and has 3.0 liter, 215hp V6 gasoline engine or a choice of two diesels.
• Fiat 500 priced at $14,000—beautiful and small---launched as the latest generation of the 500 minicar last July 4. in Europe engine choices range from 69hp to 100 hp.
• Smart Fortwo is priced under $12,000. Mercedes launched smart in Europe in the year 1998 and will be made available in the US in early part of 2008.
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with estimated US price of around $35,000. The high performance Evo was last offered in the US for the 2006 model year. And Mitsubishi will revive it in early part of 2008. Features include: all-wheel-drive and lightweight, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine, with an aluminum cylinder block.
• Nissan Skyline with price at around $25,000 is not available in the US but some drifters in Southern California have bought used Japanese-market Skylines and paid to have them converted to meet US regulations.
• Peugeot 4007 unfortunately pricing is not available. This model has bailed out of the US market in the year 1991 and according to the statement found on its official web site its has no plans of returning.
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