It's genuinely insane that anyone is allowed to put that on a road
this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2026
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I put aside my dislike for trucks that are used for commutes or even less than that but bpy, is that an ugly disfigured design, lacking any kind of proper proportions.
Luckily that Compensator 9000 is certainly not street legal in the EU.
Not legal in DC, either, but unfortunately that doesnt stop people
The main differences that in the EU, if something is not legal, companies are not allowed to sell it.
Then how do people do things like auto racing on tracks if they can't buy non-street-legal cars? Or off roading? You can definitely buy plenty of Unimogs that look effectively the same as this.
They can't. This class of vehicle isn't legal in the European Union it's why the cybertruck isn't legal (there's a whole bunch of other problems with it as well but the weight limit is a major problem). If you wanted anyway just to have it on private property you're out to luck. Someone did train import to cybertruck into the UK and had it confiscated.
I think there is a classification for vehicle that you can get if it's something like a race car or rally car but it can't be driven on the road and has to be driven around on a truck to move it.
https://www.arksen.com/products/arksen-u1700-vehicle
https://www.expedition-trucks.com/products/iveco-eurocargo-140E24-4x4-expedition-truck
https://expeditionmeister.com/
Looks like there are plenty of places selling similar vehicles in the UK and EU.
Look closer. They are not like the vehicle above. None of them has tires that are extending beyond the fenders. None of them has dysfunctional fenders like that abomination above. Guess why.
Okay, here is one with tires that go beyond the fenders.
https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/jeep-wrangler-wrangler-unlimited-3-6-v6-rubicon-auto-gasoline-white-cat_ma38mo1807-a109f1af-470c-479e-a373-77d12b35ca3b
Dishonorable mention to this one, which I think technically is within the lateral bounds, but definitely not covered enough otherwise.
It is hard to say from the images. It is certainly pushing the limit, but do the tires really extend beyond the car? They might slightly, but not all perspectives look like it. Anyhow, if they do, I would assume that this is either not street legal or some grey import with indivdual license. Honestly I don't know if Lithuanian and/or Italian authorities let stuff like that slide. Where I live, stuff like that would be fished out of traffic and grounded. I have never seen anything like that on the road, ever.
The 2nd link does not show tires going beyond the fenders, even though it looks like a poser car for assholes, that has never even gotten close to anything off-road.
The difference is the these laws are enforced here
Must be nice, lol. Unfortunately, in the US, most rules around the road legality of a vehicle are enforced during inspections, which not every state has. Even the states that have them have a really low cost on the inspection, so mechanics who do them are incentivized to just rubber stamp them.
Other than that, lots of problems are considered a "secondary offense", which means you won't be pulled over for it, but you can be ticketed for it if you are pulled over for another reason. Broadly, I dont think that's necessarily a bad policy, but it does have the effect where they end up being effectively unenforced unless the cop has a reason to want to hit you with the book.
In the EU enforcement of traffic rules is a matter of member states, but many rules are codified on EU level, at least for what is street legal. That abomination above violates the common rules already quite clearly. It is thinkable that one can grey import individual cars and get a custom license for that but even than some modifications will be required, but that depends on the local authorities. In any case it must be hard or expensive as you basically don't see that kind of nonsense on the streets.
If you are seen driving an obviously non-street legal car and can't come up with papers to the contrary your vehicle gets immediately grounded, towed and you can call a taxi. If you are a repeat offender chances are you could lose your drivers license and when you are driving without one consequences can get much worse.
But hey, you can still get an Aixam for your mobility needs without a drivers license: https://www.aixam.com/en/ They even sell "Crossovers" for those with increased compensation needs.
Are RVs illegal in the EU? This doesn't look bigger than those, just dumber.
There are likely numerous things that make this hard to get street legal. The one I am pretty certain are the tires extending beyond the anyway entirely dysfunctional (non street legal) fenders. This is horrendously dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists.