The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators recommended states to ban non-FMVSS compliant cars, including everything keijidōsha, back in 2021. The Texas DMV has issued a ruling that these cars are now, and will remain, street legal for use on Texas roadways.
Can someone explain why they are banned to begin with here ?
Because if we were allowed to import light duty pick up trucks it would kill off three separate domestic markets. Theyre better work vehicles than pick up trucks, better commuters than suvs and better utility vehicles than sedans or hatchbacks.
The only way they're lacking at all is if you need to transport more than two people which virtually nobody in America does anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
I assumed it was something like that. Of course it is. Thanks for sharing.
A guess: US automakers' profits were threatened by cheap, effective Japanese vehicles and they got their dogs in the government to do something about it