> I thought Ford was caught doing cute things to avoid the chicken tax by converting vans to trucks Regulators don't take kindly to those kinds of shenanigans.

> I thought Ford was caught doing cute things to avoid the chicken tax by converting vans to trucks Regulators don't take kindly to those kinds of shenanigans. Ford had to pay $365M in fines [0] for that stunt (which is around 6% of their yearly net income - painful in a low margins industry like car manufacturing). Volkswagen tried something similar in India as well and now needs to pay $2.5-3 Billion (17% of their year net income) as a result. [0] - https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-pay-365-million-us-import-tariff-evasion-case-2024-03-11/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-p...