> 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.
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-p...