you can have imports, there are hondas and an old vw in the class. Auto is not that bad, there is alot more driving than you think in the class especially when there are 3 and 4 wide racing and not alot of time in the straights, I have raced this class for 3 years and its alot of fun, and they try to keep it fair by having strict requirments, like anything else though a few people cheat.