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Daniel,

DeTomaso only made 41 of them, and 2 were crash tested. That leaves a grand total of 39 Si's. A few of these are in Oz, at least one is in Japan, and I'm not sure if any are in England. 4 of them are targas, and 2 of the targas are 6 speeds. I would imagine that an Si would sell for at least 150k.

You can't import them into the U.S. at this time to register and drive on public roads. You can only bring one over if you can prove it's of some kind of historical significance (say if a very famous celebrity, or royalty owned it), or if you are going to put it in a museum or use it for show only. Even still, it might only be allowed in with the engine removed, and reinstalled here (not sure if that's still the case). In any event, you can't drive it on public roads.

This all may change eventually when the Si gets to be a certain age (20-25 yrs old?). It might become exempt from some (or all) of these laws. I once heard that it would cost as much to import the Si as it would to buy it. So whatever you paid for the car, you'd be paying again in fees, tariffs, import duties, certification costs, etc.

I may be wrong on some of this, but I'm definitely close to the mark. If anyone has any more accurate knowledge of this, please feel free to chime in.

Michael