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by nuclear_eclipse 2003 days ago
Most laws around street legality center around certification of the chassis, safety equipment, and emissions. Don't run the jet engine during a smog test, and prove that all the necessary safety equipment function (signals, airbags, seatbelts, etc), and you're going to pass. This is why most kit cars depend on a "donor" chassis that gets stripped down and have the new car built on top of.
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> Don't run the jet engine during a smog test

You wouldn't happen to work for a large German automotive company with the letters V and W in the name, would you?

Actually, the jet-powered car in question does just so happen to have those two letters adorning its crest.
California DMV said this was not street legal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faZT8JAq7Qw