How much would an old volkswagen bug cost to pass emission test?

I found a few 2000-20003 volkswagen bug's that are made in mexico (Yeah the old model) but they are not used in mexico anymore because of pollution. That means they will not pass an emissions test in USA (aka Colorado).





So how much am I looking at to take my Bug to a mechanic and modify it in order to pass an emissions test?|||It is more then emissions.. it must also meet the fed. 5mph crash requirements and the mexican models do not.





Find a GOOD VW shell (blown engine, bad fenders, tranny, whatever) with US registration, then bring the Mexico car over and move engine, seats, whatever parts you need into the US one. Car registration goes by the vin #.. not the engine so you will have a legal car with new guts for less then the cost of a classic car here in the US. IN the long run it will cost you less and you will not have to worry about possible post accident issues when they discover that the car they insured is not really the car you were driving..





.|||do what other people do. this is very illegal though. get one from mexico and get a vin from a junkyard bug 1974 or older and put the old vin on the "new" bug. its really illegal but there are hundreds of "new" mexican bugs in the USA. but youre better off doing what the other guy said and just buying a real german bug. i think cars made before 1975 are exempt from emissions testing. in PA my 1970 bug is exempt but my 1975 bug is not. luckily i was able to get an antique license plate which also makes it exempt from inspection|||Register it as a pre 1975 VW bug. It is easy enough to find a stripped early bug pan with a title to use or find a junk car and use the VIN off it.





To do it legal, you would have to swap everything from your 2000 bug to the early pan. It is not too hard to do, but it is easier to buy an old bug and fix it up.|||I think you have to be a Mexican National and register the vehicle in Mexico to drive a Vocho of that era in the USA.





You are better off buying a '74 or prior US model and seeing what will and won't interchange.