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"Every year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gives us a good reason to scour foreign classified ads, thanks to an importation exemption on vehicles more than 25 years old. After this age, the feds waive the required Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards that new cars must comply with\u2014things like lighting and bumpers that didn&amp;#039;t meet US regulations when they were new. These are the cars you should start looking for. 1. R32 Nissan Skyline  Without a doubt, the R32 Nissan Skyline is the jewel of the 1989 import crop, and it&amp;#039;s been on importers&amp;#039; radar for years. The 276-hp AWD Skyline GT-R is especially sought after by tuners and collectors alike. READ MORE: GT-R The Hard Way: Importing the R32 NISMO Skyline GT-R 2. VW Golf Rallye      The Volkswagen Golf Rallye was introduced in 1989 as a homologation special so that VW could race it. Only 5000 of these cars were built, featuring a wide-body kit, a unique front end that distinguished it from other Mk2 Golf models, and the same supercharged four-cylinder found in the VW Corrado G60.  Check out the video of the car being worked out in rally conditions above. 3. Land Rover Discovery  Speaking of off-roading, 1989 marked the first year for the Land Rover Discovery. We didn;t get the Disco in the U.S. until 1994. Eventually, it received two name changes Stateside\u2014LR3, then LR4\u2014but the signature stepped roofline stayed the same. If you&amp;#039;re going to import a first-year Discovery, be sure to go all out and bring in a diesel, since all the U.S.-market trucks had gasoline V8s. 4. S13 Nissan Silvia S13  As the demand for the R32 Skyline soars, so too will prices, and a good fallback could always be the S13 Nissan Silvia\u2014the sister car to the Nissan 240SX sold in the US. The rear-drive Silvia begs to be drifted, but its sweet SR20DET turbo four-cylinder engine will happily go play on windy roads, too. READ THIS: 8 Things I Learned Driving the Nissan IDx NISMO Concept 5. Citro\u00EBn XM  If you&amp;#039;re a glutton for punishment (verbal and/or financial), then you&amp;#039;ll be glad to hear that the Citro\u00EBn XM is now import-eligible. Of all the cars on this list, the XM might be the most attainable, but its wacky styling and complex French subsystems make it the most questionable. Still, if you want something to make you stand out, this French oddity will do the trick. 6. Alfa Romeo SZ  Mixing the rarity of the Golf Rallye with the crazy styling of the Citro\u00EBn, the Alfa Romeo SZ was a design collaboration between Alfa Romeo and Italian coachbuilder Zagato. If you can get past its looks, the challenge then becomes finding one of these cars\u2014only 1000 were built. The SZ was introduced in 1989, and its RZ roadster counterpart came a few years later. READ THIS: First Drive \u2013 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C 7. Maserati Shamal  Although not a technically a 1989 model-year vehicle, the Maserati Shamal deserves placement on this list since NHTSA&amp;#039;s 25-year rule applies to build dates, and this rare 2+2 went into production in 1989. Designed by Marcello Gandini, who&amp;#039;s also responsible for penning a car you may have heard of named the Lamborghini Countach, the Shamal would introduce a new twin-turbo V8 (as opposed to the twin-turbo V6 in the related, earlier Biturbo) to the Maserati lineup. Hunting down one of these coupes will be difficult, as the Shamal registry says that only 369 were ever made. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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