Get US import eligibility under the 25-year rule
get_us_import_eligibilityUse this when the user asks when a Japanese car can be imported into the United States under the twenty-five-year rule, for example whether a Skyline GT-R of a given generation is legal to import yet. First find the car with search_vehicles, then pass its model_id (or series_id for each generation of the series). Returns {series, rule, calendar_url, models}, plus model when a model_id is given. Each entry in models has id, name, chassis_code, start_year, end_year, url (its page, in English when there is one) and us_import: first_cars_eligible and last_cars_eligible (the year and month when the first and the last cars of that generation turn twenty-five; month null means the sources give only the year, never January), in_production (true when the generation is still on sale, so the last cars have not been built; last_cars_eligible is then null) and based_on (minor_changes when counted from the dated revisions of the generation, generation_years when only the years the generation was sold are known). An empty models list or a null first_cars_eligible means the dates are not researched yet, never that the car cannot be imported. rule states how the rule counts: from each car's month and year of manufacture, while these dates come from sale dates, so tell the user that the build plate of the actual car decides. Compare the dates with today yourself; the response does not say whether a date has passed. calendar_url lists the generations reaching twenty-five years in each year. Do not use this for import paperwork, costs or emission rules, which it does not cover.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| model_id | No | Generation (model) id (a UUID from search_vehicles). Takes precedence over series_id when both are given. | |
| series_id | No | Series id (a UUID from search_vehicles). |