Mexico has long had a problem with illegally imported cars, and on Wednesday President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged to legalize them all. The cars, mainly from the U.S., are known in Mexico as “chocolate,” a play on the word “chueco,” or crooked. López Obrador said many poor families need the cars to get to work, but auto manufacturers and dealers say the measure will fill Mexico with junk cars precisely at a time when the auto market is suffering.
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Mexico gives reprieve to illegally imported “chocolate” cars
