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If it has a turbo charger, it must be de-tuned to find California regulations, believe it or not. Mostly this is because it will hit the states in California, no real choice about that. It also needs to have its emissions tested and adjusted to alliance California standards. You would think that federal standards would be fine, but California won't have it. How they can set policy for the entire countryside is beyond me, but they do. If the vehicle does not have these systems, they must be installed, at your expense. This is mainly why super-hot Japanese bikes are not imported to stock in America, because any gains in speed and acceleration are killed by the regulations to make it legal to operate in the states. I looked into prepossessing my Skyline that I bought in Okinawa back to the states with me, but once I learned what it entailed, I sold it to a friend and forgot about it. If you don't mind spending the affluence, then do so, but just keep in mind that it won't be the same car once you have it on the road in the states. If the steering wheel is on the right hand side of the vehicle, as mine was, you have an altogether different set of problems.