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The Kia Challenge, explained (www.vox.com)
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How a carmaker’s mistake created the ultimate internet challenge.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

The Kia Challenge explained:

The Free Market US did not mandate immobilizers be installed in every vehicle as the rest of the west did more than a decade ago. (Regulations stifle markets and all that.)

In a cost cutting measure Hyundai USA removes the immobilizers from low end US only models.

The ease of theft goes viral.

Millions of dollars in damage to save $50 dollars per vehicle.

The US free market in action.