Interpretation ID: aiam1599
Director/General Manager
Factory Representative Office
Toyota Motor Sales
U.S.A.
Inc.
1099 Wall Street
West
Lyndhurst
NJ 07071;
Dear Mr. Nakajima: This is in response to your letter of August 12, 1974, inquiring as t whether or not a vehicle with unitized construction, developed as a truck and converted to carry passengers may be classified as a multipurpose passenger vehicle.; Your description of the vehicle in question indicates that it doe qualify as a multipurpose passenger vehicle. The reference to 'truck chassis' in the MPV definition was intended to include vehicles that were designed and developed as trucks but have been produced in a version for carrying passengers. Since the delivery van referenced in your letter was developed as a truck, its modification to enable the carrying of passengers places it in the MPV category.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel