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Why did Lotus in the 1960s come with instructions for dismantling cars?

In the 1960s, the UK had a special tax regime for cars produced. If the company sold the car not as a whole, but disassembled, then the sales tax was not levied. Moreover, a prerequisite was the lack of instructions for assembling the kit being sold. Lotus figured out how to get around this requirement by inserting instructions for disassembling the car instead.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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