Slashdot linked up this nifty article about how, after nearly 10 years, the Porche 959 supercar finally managed to be federalized.

All fans of foreign cars know two things: 1) The cars we get in the US are hardly ever the most exciting available, and 2) importing the really cool cars is effectively impossible due to all the red tape. These guys got around the federalization process in a very innovative way... they got their senator to write a new law:

Dean went to EPA, NHTSA and all the major manufacturers, to keep everyone happy. We formulated a law—that if 500 or fewer cars were produced, if they weren’t currently produced, if they were never U.S.-legal, and if they were rare—you could import them without having to pass DOT standards. As long as they met EPA standards and were driven no more than 2500 miles per year, they’d be legal.

Unfortunately this means no soopa Nissan Sky-thingy for Damion right now, but if production ever ends...

The only "super" car Alfa made that might meet this is the SZ, a really weird looking thing based on a Milano chassis. Of course, they made 150 too many. Ah well.