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A primary goal for SEMA’s Government Affairs Office is to help our members thrive. Most SEMA members are small businesses. The federal government provides many resources to help small companies become more productive and successful. This webpage supplies links to these portals of information and links to some state materials as well.
Another primary purpose of SEMA’s Government Affairs Office is to consolidate the strength and maximize the influence of SEMA member businesses on legislative and Federal policy issues of importance to the small business community. One way to achieve this goal is to disseminate information that directly impacts our companies. This page contains many links on laws, legislation, or regulatory issues of daily relevance. These matters include taxes, antitrust enforcement, warranties, employment issues, government procurement, environment, and small business financing mechanisms.
View the complete list of small business issues here.
This webpage provides an overview of the new replica vehicle law. It will be periodically updated as SEMA works with federal regulators to implement the program rules.
Background: On Dec. 4, 2015, lawmakers in Washington, DC enacted legislation allowing low volume manufacturers of replica vehicles to sell turn-key cars to their customers. The historic law expands customer options. Enthusiasts can still build custom cars and construct kit cars on their own. However, they will also have the option of buying a replica just like any other new car and driving it off the lot (or from the factory). On March 9, 2022, NHTSA issued a regulation allowing companies to register with the agency and begin selling cars. Replica car companies are now gearing-up their operations.
Definitions:
- Low volume manufacturer: a motor vehicle manufacturer whose annual worldwide production (including by a parent or subsidiary of the manufacturer) is not more than 5,000 motor vehicles each year. The company can sell up to 325 replica vehicles in the U.S. each year, with no limit on the number of incomplete kit cars that can be sold.
- A replica vehicle is a vehicle that resembles the body of another motor vehicle produced at least 25 years ago ('32 Roadster, '65 Cobra, etc.).
Breakthrough: After nearly six decades, the law establishes a separate way to oversee low volume manufacturers who, until now, were subject to a one-size-fits-all regulatory framework intended for companies that mass-produce millions of cars. Lawmakers understood that a car produced in 1931 is different than a 2020 vehicle, and therefore adopted the kit car approach that treats the car as automobile equipment. The law also addresses supply/demand realities – a limited supply of vintage vehicles and a much larger enthusiast base. The law will spur job creation and help preserve America's automotive heritage in the United States and abroad.
Status: It took over six years but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have completed rules governing the replica car program. Companies are now gearing-up to produce the vehicles and install EPA or CARB certified engine packages installed in the cars. To follow is the current status:
- NHTSA: SEMA sued NHTSA in October 2019 for failure to issue a rulemaking within one year. The agency responded to a court deadline by issuing a proposed rule in January 2020. NHTSA issued the final rule on March 9, 2022, which went into effect on that date.
- EPA: As required by the law, replica vehicles will meet current model year clean air standards. The EPA issued a guidance document in October 2019 outlining how manufacturers can register with the agency and produce engine packages that will be deemed compliant. The EPA is ready to begin accepting manufacturer registrations.
- CARB: CARB issued a rulemaking in July 2019 which outlines procedures for receiving an Executive Order recognizing the engine packages as compliant with current model year clean air standards. The rulemaking also establishes procedures for companies selling replica vehicles in California. CARB is ready to begin accepting manufacturer registrations.
- Click here for a summary of the law
- Click here for the actual text of the law
- Click here for background information
- Click here for 2015 Press Release
- Click here for 2022 Press Release
If you have questions or want to add your company to the e-mail list to directly receive periodic updates, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.
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- A TORA member may not use the TORA Logo to market a particular product, or affix the logo to a product or to product packaging.
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- The WTSBC Member logo may never be used by a WTSBC member as a "stand-alone"; the logo must clearly say "Member" exactly as it is placed shown above.
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