BMW & Mercedes Import to Canada

I came across the following information concerning new rules for importing a US Mercedes or BMW into Canada;
"As of July 9, 2008 BMW and Mercedes very quietly dropped requirements that made importers pay for and procure admissibility letters from these manufacturers at a cost of $350.00 per letter. Furthermore, the manufacturers have also indicated to the RIV that recall and final compliance letters do not need to come from the Canadian head office of these manufacturers at a cost of $500.00 per letter. It seems that the Canadian government or perhaps some litigators finally forced these manufacturers to drop the requirements and allow for federally regulated compliance inspectors at Canadian Tire to review the cars, as has always been the requirement in the past. This means that we can install km/h speedometers and day time running lights at whatever cost and supplier we so choose"

source of information: Willz Leasing Corporation, Ontario

I have sent an email to RIV & Mercedes to confirm these new rules- Will keep you posted

Since I will be going trough the Vehicle Import exercise myself and after reading your blogs and a hundreds of other sites blogs concerning this subject I believe this would be great news for all of us importers.
If anybody is aware of these new rules let me know.