This is Pathfinder Doorhandle, a newsletter of random thoughts, mostly cars, music and current events... In 1989 Nissan replaced its hot selling, two-door Pathfinder Hardbody with a four-door version. The impetus was a hike to import tariffs imposed on two-door trucks to give American manufacturers a leg up with their Rangers, S10s, et al, adversely affected by Nissan’s foray into the US. “Leveling the playing field,” it was called. The loophole for Nissan was that four-door trucks were considered cars and thus exempt from the higher tariff. The
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This is Pathfinder Doorhandle, a newsletter of random thoughts, mostly cars, music and current events... In 1989 Nissan replaced its hot selling, two-door Pathfinder Hardbody with a four-door version. The impetus was a hike to import tariffs imposed on two-door trucks to give American manufacturers a leg up with their Rangers, S10s, et al, adversely affected by Nissan’s foray into the US. “Leveling the playing field,” it was called. The loophole for Nissan was that four-door trucks were considered cars and thus exempt from the higher tariff. The