My smart car was imported by a German fellow who lived in Illinois. He removed the engine/trasnsmission and shipped those in a box. Shipped the rest as a rolling chassis. Licensed it as a "replica". It is a very bad replica of a 1970 Mercedes! But since it is "old" it requires no emissions inspections.

Washingto state does not care. The insurance company does not care either. They have a picture and insured it as a Smart.

It is a 2002 model. Now has about 35000 miles.

A blast to drive too.