nationalizing foreign vehicles ?

If I were you I would buy a car in Mexico! I drove my 2000 Jeep Cherokee down in 2009 and I had an FM3 at the time. Prior to becoming a Permanent resident I had to nationalize the car or remove it from Mexico. It took me 9 months as the laws were in the process of changing as I was nationalizing the vehicle it ended up costing $2,200.00 USD by the time it was done. I got my plates 2 years ago but when I went to renew my plates this year I was told my paperwork had to be sent to the state capital as they did not have copies of some of the paperwork. That took 3 weeks after that was taken care of I went to renew and was told I have to wait until 26 April to get my plates. All my friends that have Mexican cars got their plates right away. It wasn't just my car I have other friends with nationalized cars and they all had problems this year. You can find a good car in Mexico. Don't put yourself through it. If you decide to do it you have to become a Temporary resident to bring the car into Mexico for more than 6 months you have to start the process at a Mexican Consulate in the USA.