No 5 MPH bumpers, no shoulder belts, wouldn't pass a federal crash test, no emission controls, wouldn't pass 50,000-mile or 80,000-mile EPA emission requirements...so they wouldn't be legal to sell here in the US.
In 1999 I bought a pickup truck with about 58,000 miles from the dealerhsip where I worked...got it for a lot less than book price, because the truck didn't have a/c. Used truck manager said it wouldn't sell [at retail] in today's market with no a/c.
Back in about 1970-'71, GM came out with the Vega, Ford had the Pinto, and AMC came out with the Gremlin. All 3 could be had as "stripper" models, with a FOB list price of right at $2000. Basic transportation, no more, no less. And the public shunned the stripped models in favor of the better-accessoried versions.
And in 1986, Hyundai came to America with a stripped car that started ar a MSRP of $5295, and got 30+ MPG...and people wanted the ones with automatic, a/c, and lots of frills instead. The Hyundai dealership where I worked had a stripped 1989 model that sat on the showroom floor until the 1991 models came out, simply because nobody wanted the "stripper." But we certainly had one if anyone wanted it.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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