Another supporter of the Suplex front end here.
About the only negative comment I've heard is from someone who races a +8 and he said that he felt the steering turnin was "dulled" or "slower", but for road use it was excellent.
I'm not sure what he was getting at.
As to the movement of used cars from one country to another within the EU it varies...as long as you have the manufacturers Certificate of Conformity.
Whe we went to Germany the process, with a 3 year old Alfa 33, was painless. My friend moved to Belgium with his BMW RT1100 and in the end took it back to the UK to sell so he could buy used in Belgium. The process was complex and he felt that they just didn't want to do it.
