The manufacturers made no effort to sell in the U.S., and the prospect of importing and using these cars ranged from extremely difficult to impossible. The era of forbidden fruit cars was upon us ...

Because these cars were all in production 25 years ago, the law says they can finally be brought to our shores.

Five people were arrested when they could not explain where the fruit had come from Police in Spain have recovered four tonnes of stolen oranges after pulling over two cars packed with the fruit.

Instead, it's that some pretty special forbidden-fruit cars have finally ripened into legal U.S. importability. Under federal vehicle-import laws, cars that are at least 25 years old can be ...