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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
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
103380 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:48 am to
NHTSA
EPA
Posted by Dog Tree
Member since Sep 2019
434 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:48 am to
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chicken tax


^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS
Posted by RaoulDuke504
Member since Aug 2023
2070 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:49 am to
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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 by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
13958 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:49 am to
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 by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
55620 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:49 am to
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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 by TheArrogantCorndog
Highland Rd
Member since Sep 2009
14966 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:51 am to
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
Posted by RaoulDuke504
Member since Aug 2023
2070 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:52 am to
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Link? Further info? Anything, just spit it out. My interest is piqued.

LINK
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
8133 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:53 am to
Ruling class wants American citizens drowning in debt
Posted by Jean_Pierre_Ferrari
Member since May 2024
45 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:56 am to
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 by LSUfanNkaty
LC, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
11449 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:00 am to
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But you can buy a 1000 CC crotch rocket and that’s fine


I didn't make the rules
Posted by TigerHornII
Member since Feb 2021
559 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:10 am to
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.
Posted by Limitlesstigers
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2019
3342 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:12 am to
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Look at the places you see those driving around...third world countries
I'm sure they're 3rd world countries because they drive Hiluxs instead Tacomas and 4Runners. It couldn't be any other reason.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
38518 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:16 am to
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Give me Toyota Helix


Regime change in a budget!
Posted by TigersBucs
Lake Charles
Member since Oct 2009
1716 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:16 am to
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third world countries



It should be state by state choice then. Louisiana is pretty much a 3rd world country.
Posted by lockthevaught
Member since Jan 2013
2483 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:25 am to
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 by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
32915 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:32 am to
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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 by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
67413 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:36 am to
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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 by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
59475 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:39 am to
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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 by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28936 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:39 am to
EPA and insurance lobby.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
435758 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:42 am to
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I felt the same way about the Toyota Fortuners

Doesn't Lexus basically offer that?
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