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re: Why are cheap affordable basic utility vehicles blocked in the U.S. market?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:48 am to RaoulDuke504
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:48 am to RaoulDuke504
NHTSA
EPA
EPA
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:48 am to Grigio
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chicken tax
^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:49 am to sidewalkside
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Also, you have to remember...if there was money to be made selling those here they would.
why sell a 10k truck when you can sell a 75k one and block all international competition that could
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:49 am to RaoulDuke504
It's a combination of emissions and safety standards and the manufacturers not wanting to dilute sales on their US specific models like the 4Runner or Taco.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:49 am to lsuCJ5
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You can get a used street legal K truck (jap truck) for about $5,000. I'm seriously considering getting one for around the house.
Link? Further info? Anything, just spit it out. My interest is piqued.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:51 am to RaoulDuke504
Chickens... the answer is chickens... the US wanted Europe to buy more chickens and so we put a moratorium on light utility vehicles to protect our unions... cuz that makes sense
well that didnt work, but we never stopped the moratorium
I wish I was joking... google chicken tax 1964
well that didnt work, but we never stopped the moratorium
I wish I was joking... google chicken tax 1964
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:52 am to High C
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:53 am to RaoulDuke504
Ruling class wants American citizens drowning in debt
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:56 am to UncleRuckus
When the auto executives go to Washington to glad hand and grease palms, do you think they're gonna push for the margins they'll make on a 15K Hilux, or a 115K F-250 Platinum?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:00 am to RaoulDuke504
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But you can buy a 1000 CC crotch rocket and that’s fine
I didn't make the rules
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:10 am to RaoulDuke504
If any of you every drove one of those things in US conditions, the bitching would be epic -
Waaaaahhhhh, no power, can't keep up with traffic waaaaahhhh
Waaaaahhhh, muh AC, waaaahhhhhh
Wahhhhhh, I got runover by a giant Corolla an' kilt, suuuuueeee Toyota waaaahhhh
Waaaaahhh, It's so noisy inside Ima go deef, Ima sue somebody, waaaaahhhhh
If you really want this exact level of functionality with similar performance, go buy a John Deere Gator. As for the chicken tax, Toyota and Nissan have decades of experience in evading it. If they thought more than 10 of you losers would buy one and they could limp it past emissions and crash, they'd sell them here.
Downvote away.
Waaaaahhhhh, no power, can't keep up with traffic waaaaahhhh
Waaaaahhhh, muh AC, waaaahhhhhh
Wahhhhhh, I got runover by a giant Corolla an' kilt, suuuuueeee Toyota waaaahhhh
Waaaaahhh, It's so noisy inside Ima go deef, Ima sue somebody, waaaaahhhhh
If you really want this exact level of functionality with similar performance, go buy a John Deere Gator. As for the chicken tax, Toyota and Nissan have decades of experience in evading it. If they thought more than 10 of you losers would buy one and they could limp it past emissions and crash, they'd sell them here.
Downvote away.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:12 am to sidewalkside
quote:I'm sure they're 3rd world countries because they drive Hiluxs instead Tacomas and 4Runners. It couldn't be any other reason.
Look at the places you see those driving around...third world countries
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:16 am to TrueBaldPate
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Give me Toyota Helix
Regime change in a budget!
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:16 am to sidewalkside
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third world countries
It should be state by state choice then. Louisiana is pretty much a 3rd world country.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:25 am to RaoulDuke504
Just buy a single cab truck from the 80s and restore it. I got a $1500 Jeep Comanche and I'm getting close to being finished restoring and modernizing it. I already have $1000 in it. I plan on putting another $1000-$1500 into it. I do all of the work in my spare time on the weekends. I buy all of my parts on eBay and Rockauto. I taught myself how to weld. After I'm done the truck will be worth $12k-$15k. I'll prob never get rid of it.
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 11:27 am
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:32 am to RaoulDuke504
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My bad sorry you want to pay an extra 60k for you’re heated seats, lane control, touch screen dash board, and defroster window for a work utility vehicle.
you can order a basic fleet truck dude.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:36 am to LSUfanNkaty
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imagine a suicide capsule like that driving on i10 in Houston...
what's that matter. like 30-35% of Houston drivers are un-insured
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:39 am to sidewalkside
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Also, you have to remember...if there was money to be made selling those here they would.
They'd sell every one they could make.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:39 am to RaoulDuke504
EPA and insurance lobby.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:42 am to Napoleon
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I felt the same way about the Toyota Fortuners
Doesn't Lexus basically offer that?
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