Why are so many replicas registered as VW with the year being the year of the pan?
Used to be you could register them that way in Calif --- and pay sales tax on a rapted out VW bug. Calif got on to that trick and has worked to get their more than fair share of your $$$. You can still register as a VW in many other states and get away with it. At least until a car savvy trooper pulls you over or you are in a car accident - then the "Orange 2 door VW T1 Sedan" kicks you in the butt. It still seems that titled as a VW is better for reducing resale issues in most states and overseas sales. Some states will title it as a 1957 Porsche Speedster which can make resale costly as some states will look that up and say "Oh, your car has a Blue Book value of $125k and the tax will be $9999!" Virginia even has an annual real property tax of 4.5% of value so that could add up real fast!
Doesn't CA still only issue 500 SPCN registrations per year?