Why the $25,000 car is going extinct

Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by smeej on Monday June 30, 2025 @08:30AM (#44422456)

Do these even still exist? And is it reasonable to get one road-legal somewhere like the U.S. for less than the cost of buying one (once you assign at least some value to your time)?

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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by DyslexicAtheist on Monday June 30, 2025 @10:27AM (#44423764)

I'm not in the US so no idea ... but according to answer in Google:

> All Caterham models are imported as rolling chassis. They are street legal in the U.S. under EPA kit-car regulations and can be registered through processes specific to individual states.

source https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2015-caterham-seven-360-sta...

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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by smeej on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:40PM (#44435679)

So, no, then? Even before valuing your labor at anything, they're more expensive than a lot of cars that come assembled.

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