We will be living in Italy for a year beginning January 2009.

We had a rental car secured...and it just fell through today....so I'm thinking maybe we could just buy a used car for the year and sell it before we leave.

I know there is lots of red tape in Italy...and was just wondering if it would actually be possible to buy a car in Italy?

We also considered just shipping our car to Italy...seems to be much cheaper...

Thanks for any advice.....like can we even get auto insurance there? Is a non-citizen even allowed to purchase a vehicle?

L