South America

Hi everyone,

My girlfriend and I are considering a 1 year break from our lives in Paris. The general idea is to purchase a car, most likely in Chile based on other travelers' advice, and around South America (or part of it).

From what I have read, 4x4 seems to be a good idea. We don't inted to offroad for the sake of it, but we like the idea of being able to reach potentially remote areas where no paved road goes. Unlike most overlanders, we expect to be staying in budget hostels / hotels most of the time, so fitting the vehicle is not an issue for us.

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Motorhome for sale in South America:

After our one year family trip from Montreal to Buenos Aires (6 people: 2 adults, 2 teenagers, 2 children). (You can have a look on our blog: www.lessixpiafs.com.)
We'll sale our motorhome:
- WINNEBAGO Access class C, 31 feet (9,50 m), year 2011 on Ford E450 Super Duty chassis
- approximately 42.000 kms
It's an American model (very well adapted for this continent for the electric outlet and the voltage as well as Propane Gas):
- gas
- cruise control

Our family of seven left Alaska in April 2011 in our modified Ford F250 that's been converted to run on vegetable oil. We'll drive to Ushuaia Argentina, visiting every country in North and South America. We expect to take 2-3 years for this trip.

We'll be crossing into Mexico this month (Oct 2011) through Texas.
 

I am planning to travel from South America (Brazil) up to Canada. There's only one detail about the trip:

I'll be moving to Canada, so I want to keep my car (or sell and buy another one).

I understand it's hard to (if not impossible) to import used south american cars to US/Canada, unless the car is 15years old (or older). Is this information correct? 

FOR SALE - Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van

We've evaluated these five options: