Can't you just order one from BMW/VW/Mercedes/etc? I know at least one owner of a recent 3-series diesel BMW in California. In fact the same should be possible

Can't you just order one from BMW/VW/Mercedes/etc? I know at least one owner of a recent 3-series diesel BMW in California. In fact the same should be possible with this phone. You can just buy it yourself and plug in a SIM, that's just not common in the US. The 3G frequencies are sometimes not the same though.