White House Weighs Bricklin Revival As Official Tariff Escape Vehicle

A fictional draft memo classifies gull-wing doors as “bilateral market access panels.”

In a fictional Commerce Department bulletin, the tariff avoidance desk opened File 1974-B, a proposed resurrection of the Canadian Bricklin to give imported parts a patriotic place to sit.

Under the plan, each vehicle would receive a small flag, a compliance lanyard, and a laminated certificate proving it is “not China, but in a helpful font.”

“We have identified Canada as the nearest available loophole,” reads the memo.

Context

The New York Times examined whether a Canadian-made car could blunt Trump’s tariffs by revisiting the troubled history of the Bricklin.

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