Interpretation ID: aiam0030
Honda of New York
215 West 64th Street
New York
NY 10023;
Dear Mr. Paxton: This is in reply to your letter of August 4, 1967, to Mr. Donald H Schwentker in which you request confirmation that the Japanese-made CONY Models AF-11SVH and AF- 7SVH compact trucks are multipurpose passenger vehicles under the new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.; You state that the CONY line is primarily a line of commercia truck-type vehicles and that the Models AF-11SVH and AF-7SVH, although providing for four persons, are built on the same truck chassis as the purely commercial models.; A 'multipurpose passenger vehicle' is defined in section 255.3 as ' motor vehicle with motive power, except a trailer, designed to carry 10 persons or less which is constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.'; Therefore, the CONY Models AF-11SVH and AF-7SVH are multipurpos passenger vehicles, since they are designed to carry 10 persons or less and are constructed on a truck chassis.; Sincerely, William Haddon Jr., M.D., Director