I put up a few posts about how the Chicken Tax hurt Isuzu by not allowing them to manufacture their vehicles in Japan (or Thailand) and ship them here.

Ford is running into this as well--and is going through some convolutions to get around it.
- Make a van in Turkey
- Put in extra seats to call it a passenger vehicle.
- Take Ship van to North America
- Pull out the seats and toss them in the landfill. (Metal parts are recycled)
- Replace the windows with sheet metal

Save 25% Chicken Tax!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125357990638429655.html

This is also why the Sabaru Brat had lawn chairs bolted to the back bed--it's not a 2-door pickup truck, it's a 4-person passenger vehicle where those bratty kids sit outside in the freezing rain at 60 mph! (Making it perfect for the TV show My Name Is Earl)

Also on the Isuzu board:
ò New hope for Isuzu: Free trade with Thailand + end of chicken tax on (legislative) table
http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB68&Number=652638

ò Isuzu News / Good Reviews / Pics of potential new vehicles / Chicken Tax Explained
http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB68&Number=458336

ò AIADA to fight chicken tax
http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB68&Number=656833