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compliance car

compliance car noun: a motor vehicle made in a manner to comply with government specification, in quantities to comply to government regulations on quota minimums, to sell to the public, frequently in limited areas, at a loss, without promotion, and under active dissuasion among dealers.

Noun

compliance car (plural compliance cars)

  1. (US) A motor vehicle made in a manner to comply with government specification, in quantities to comply to government regulations on quota minimums, to sell to the public, frequently in limited areas, at a loss, without promotion, and under active dissuasion among dealers.
    • The Honda for the most part is a compliance car, as shown by the fact the Japanese automaker only intend to build 1,100 of them.2012 June, “2013 Honda Fit EV Review”, in InsideEVs, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2019
    • Critics have called low-volume battery electrics “compliance cars,” built in relatively low numbers mainly to satisfy California’s zero-emission mandates.2013 January, Jim Motavalli, “The Greenest and Meanest Cars in 2013”, in Wheels, The New York Times

Forms of compliance car

pluralcompliance cars

Questions about compliance car

What does compliance car mean?
Compliance car means a motor vehicle made in a manner to comply with government specification, in quantities to comply to government regulations on quota minimums, to sell to the public, frequently in limited areas, at a loss, without promotion, and under active dissuasion among dealers.
What part of speech is compliance car?
Compliance car is a noun.
What is the plural of compliance car?
The plural of compliance car is compliance cars.

Words near compliance car in the dictionary

  1. complextro
  2. complexus
  3. complexuses
  4. compliable
  5. compliance
  6. compliance car
  7. compliance cars
  8. compliance companies
  9. compliance company
  10. compliance strike
  11. compliance strikes

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