Two lanes
Which Clipper can come in.
The 25 year road truck
Built in October 2001 or earlier
A Clipper at least 25 years old comes in for the road under the federal 25 year rule, declared to DOT and to EPA at the port, if its engine is the model it left the factory with. Your state then decides the title and the roads.
The two agesHow it worksThe newer off road truck
Governed, with a certified engine
A newer Clipper comes in only as off road equipment, permanently governed to a top speed and with a nonroad engine certified by EPA before import. It is never a road truck under federal law, and it works farms, ranches and private land as your state allows.
What that engine needsTestingThe duty
The chicken tax, at every age
Every kei truck pays the 25 percent truck duty, the one people call the chicken tax, whatever its age. U.S. Customs has ruled so for kei trucks built in 1990 and 1993, and the 25 year rule decides only whether a truck may come in, not what it pays.
The dutyHow it worksThe engines
Clipper engines, generation by generation.
EPA admits a 25 year truck on age only with the same model of engine it was built with, so the engine is read before the truck is bought.
| Generation | Built | Engine | Stock power | Eligible from | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipper Truck U71T/U72T | October 2003 to November 2013 | 3G83 657 cc | October 2028 catalog | Turning 25 from October 2028 | |
| Clipper Van U71V/U72V | October 2003 to November 2013 | 3G83 657 cc | October 2028 catalog | Turning 25 from October 2028 | |
| NV100 Clipper DR64V | December 2013 to February 2015 | K6A 658 cc | December 2038 catalog | Newer, off road only | |
| NT100 Clipper (Clipper Truck from May 2024) DR16T | December 2013 on | R06A 658 cc | 37 kW | December 2038 catalog | Newer, off road only |
| NV100 Clipper (later Clipper Van) DR17V | March 2015 on | R06A, R06A turbo 658 cc | 36 to 47 kW | March 2040 catalog | Newer, off road only |
Eligible from is the month the earliest units turn 25, counted from the start of the generation as the maker or a catalog gives it. Each truck's own date of manufacture decides, to the day, under 49 USC 30112(b)(9). Read 28 October 2026.
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