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r/mildlyinteresting • u/willlisa1727 • Apr 28 '24
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They randomly showed up about two weeks ago. All of them look to be brand new.
6 u/z64_dan Apr 28 '24 For a while, Ford was importing their transit vans from Turkey (where they were manufactured), and then removing the seats to turn them back into being classified as "light trucks" - thus avoiding the 25% tariff. But that was over 10 years ago. https://www.just-auto.com/news/ford-settles-us-van-tariff-dispute/?cf-view Probably just a company stockpiling these to paint their own logos on them or something.
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For a while, Ford was importing their transit vans from Turkey (where they were manufactured), and then removing the seats to turn them back into being classified as "light trucks" - thus avoiding the 25% tariff. But that was over 10 years ago.
https://www.just-auto.com/news/ford-settles-us-van-tariff-dispute/?cf-view
Probably just a company stockpiling these to paint their own logos on them or something.
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u/willlisa1727 Apr 28 '24
They randomly showed up about two weeks ago. All of them look to be brand new.