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See the points in the article about various items having to come from DoT registered factories to make a street legal vehicle. Compliance with those regulations comes with costs, so there is one avenue of cost saving. Edit: As other posters are pointing out that 'DoT Factories' thing is incorrect. Welp that's what I get for trusting the source.

Not that I am saying it appears to be replete with crumple zones or ride-over protection or side curtain airbags or other safety features we would appreciate. But then I wouldn't expect to get T-Boned by an inattentive driver in a lifted F-550 when I'm tooting around my own property clearing fallen branches after a windstorm.