Change in regulations effecting Caterham in USA

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From https://gearpatrol.com/2018/04/06/modern-sports-car-benchmark-caterham-seven-history/

 

"The Obama administration passed the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2015, which opened regulations, making it easier for companies like Caterham, who produced only around 500 cars over the past couple of years. Recently, the Trump administration has been trying to tighten those regulations, making it tough for manufacturers like Caterham to sell cars in the U.S. To sell cars here, Caterham has to work loopholes in the laws, in that they ship the chassis and parts over — everything minus the engine — to a dealer network here in the States. The dealers then assemble the cars and drop in engines sourced here in America, which tend to be Ford 1.6-liter Sigma or 2.0-liter Duratec engines. Should regulations tighten further, dealers would no longer be allowed to build the cars, placing that burden on the customer."