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Originally Posted by Cobra 88

To all my Aussie mates who lament the over regualted state laws;

Extract: Cobra makers, rejoice! You no longer have to meet Federal safety standards! In addition to all that stuff about rebuilding highway bridges and paving over potholes, a provision of the just-passed Motor Vehicle Safety Act exempts low-volume carmakers from crash-test standards. That means no more expensive finite element analysis and high-speed scientific crash testing. Just create the shape you want -- usually a ’65 Cobra or a ’32 Ford -- slap an engine in it and voila, you’re a carmaker, albeit a low-volume one.

Full article Small-volume carmakers get a big break in Motor Vehicle Safety Act | Autoweek

Cameron

I'm not following your logic. Why would "Aussie regulators" take any notice of this?

Cheers,
Glen