Anyone own a Cygnet in the US or know if they can be imported into the US without too much hassle?

 

Hasn’t been 25 years yet.

 

Buy some badges and a Toyota, you'll be better off.

 

The Toyota interior is far cry from the Cygnet and the doors open different on the Cygnet. I've seen a few for sale and if some have already been Federalized, it would be easier for me to import one.

 

There is only 1 Cygnet in existence that would be worth owning.


-JW

 

Sounds like no one has an idea if one has been imported to the US or not...

 

I believe that AM only made a few hundred and it may be possible to get one on show and display but it would be an expensive process. Question has been asked before.

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...-cygnet-2.html

 

There's a lot of speculative posts, but no has anything factual to say on this. I've exported cars and motorcycles to Switzerland, but never imported a car. I think there is a list of cars that have been federalized already somewhere.

 

I wish, would love to have one of these

first call would be to a specialist who federalizes cars in your area

and then second would be actually finding one for sale in the UK or wherever and having them get it here

 

This one caught my eye:
https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/a...0-069f3a574dba

 

awesome find, a manual too!

 

I'm not sure exactly the process, but there is a mechanism where you could petition the NHTSA to declare the Cygnet "substantially similar" to the Scion iQ on which it's based. If approved, it would then be eligible for importation.

Of course, I don't think that process qualifies as "without too much hassle".