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On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:36:23 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:58:11 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/21/16 5:44 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:25:52 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:11:59 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

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It's registered as a truck and the insurance company rates it as a truck.

I had a VW based dune buggy with a 36HP motor and no bumpers and it
was titled as a 1/2 ton truck in Maryland so that does not mean much.

Maryland and Nova Scotia/Canada share vehicle definition criteria or is
this just more of your "same same" delusion?

In Maryland the "1/2 ton pickup" was a catch all for anything with a
(load) bed and less than 6000 GWV. Florida is the same way. What else
would you call a vehicle with a bed in the back? It certainly is not a
sedan.
I assume your only contact with titling cars is paying a
"professional" service and putting on the tags. (Or is this just
something else you were "800" on and then forgot)?
Since the US is the largest market for Canadian built cars, I assume
they have similar vehicle standards.

Actually, we typically let the dealer do the title work...takes less
time than going to the DMV, usually.

My 4Runner had a bed in the back. It was based on a Toyota truck chassis
and engine. Put a custom cap on the truck and you have what, an SUV?

OK I acknowledge the reason for your ignorance of the issue. The
designation of vehicle type is on the manufacturer's Certificate of
Origin that you present to DMV the first time the vehicle enters the
title system (hence my reference to Canada and their US market).
In the case of my dune buggy, I was the manufacturer and I got to
decide what to call it as long as it met the DMV guideline at the
time. A car was inspected, a truck wasn't so the trick to get a dune
buggy on the road was to have a little bed in the back and title it as
a truck.
In the case of these little car frames with truck or SUV bodies, the
manufacturer decides what to call them, within certain limits. If it
has an open bed it will be a 1/2 ton pickup tho. It is when it has a
metal fully enclosed bed that it can be a car, a truck or a utility
vehicle. My Suburban was titled as a car and it had the Chevy "C" body
truck chassis. My "Jeepster" (72 Jeep Commando) was 1000 pounds
lighter and it was a utility vehicle. If it was ordered without the
full top, it was a truck.

The Ford 1/2 ton has a towing capacity from 50% to 100% (depending on engine) greater than the
4Runner. I wouldn't put the 4Runner in the same category. Maybe closer to the Tacoma.