With all the press that vehicle received has anyone seen it in the field? I can't believe I'm the only one who would love to see more, am I?
Can someone please explain, like I'm a 4 year old please, why we aren't able to have some of these vehicles here in the USA? Don't the newest Euro standards now meet the US regs here?
(1) The newest Euro standards aren't
identical to USA regulations, and even if they were, the EPA wouldn't necessarily accept them without retesting. That's bureaucracy for you.
(2) Even if the vehicle were to have an USA-emission compliant engine, the Chicken Tax makes most foreign-manufactured truck difficult to sell profitability.
(3) As much as we might dream about a new U5000, there's not much of a market for new, expensive Unimog in the USA. There's a very narrow intersection of those that want one with those that can afford one. Look at the U500 - according to Wikipedia, in the five years they were imported, less than 200 U500s were imported.
(4) Part of what made the Maximog potentially USA legal was the replaced of its diesel engine with a Chevy (IIRC) gasoline V-8 (just like Bremach USA's vaporware site).
