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      08-01-2009, 07:09 PM   #27
oneintheory
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Drives: 2011 Ford Edge Sport
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Location: Suffolk/Chesapeake, VA

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Originally Posted by jeremyc74 View Post
IIRC it gets tagged as a kit car. The rules you're talking about aren't to make a vehicle "street legal" they're to make it legal for a manufacturer to sell in the US as a production car. I think they get around that by shipping the car into the US with no engine in it, selling it as a kit, and then you pay the dealer to install the engine. It wouldn't surprise me to see the government close this loophole up in the near future, so get 'em while they're hot!

I'd LOVE to have one personally.
IIRC, it's classified as a motorcycle, but don't quote me on that.
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