Steve,
I recommend you go to France's equilivant of the U.S.A.'s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and get the requirements for importing a car.
You may save some trouble by gathering all the information you will thus need and presenting it at the proper time.
Rest assured that the process will be much easier than registering an out of state car into North Carolina.

Good luck with the process. If it proves too murky then hire an attorney who is versed in such matters. That will cost you but the retention of sanity will be worth it.
Best,
Charlie

By The Way (BTW):: Chipper has given you some excellent information. Others in the club there will surely be of help.
BTW2: Oh, yea, Welcome to the club and the forum. Viva La France!

BTW3: The only French I know, for sure, is "Mow de Lawn."
