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Originally Posted by Walperstyle
The whole underlying problem is Jobs. There is too many laws in place that do more harm then protecting the employment in the Western world.
It costs 1.5 billion dollars to bring a new car to market. Maybe its time to lessen some of these BS safety laws for MFG and allow the smaller car companies to compete in America again.
No more protecting Unionized big business that cannot compete globally. Cheers!
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It costs a lot of money to bring a car to market because cars are large, very complex assemblies that require major industry to put together. Beyond that, they are expected to keep working safely and efficiently for 10 years in any kind of weather or operating condition.
That said, I think there should be allowances for small, niche manufacturers. It would be great to have a cottage industry of small sports car makers like in Britain. Allow small companies to sell cars without airbags or crash tests, but require them to be plastered with large disclaimers letting the buyer know the risks they are taking. These kinds of exemptions would only apply to manufacturers who build less than 100 or 200 cars a year, for example.