It's likely gonna fail because old car design usually doesn't account for any of that. Carburetor, lack of catalytic converter, lack of exhaust gas recirculation system, so on and so forth, all those gonna add to the emission and if the strictness is of today standard, it's gonna fail.

Maybe give them a smog tax based on the emission would make much more sense.

How is a car designed before any regulations supposed to pass a modern smog test?

Or you just still own your old car because it runs. Its not a rich people thing just because the guy in the article is rich. When I stumble upon classic car shows, the vibe is "long term project cars" and not "affluent collectors".

My father in law maintains a Triumph Race car with the machine shop in his garage. It'll never legitimately pass smog, but its also driven once or twice a month and he's owned it for like 50+ years.

It's not about the cost of a smog test.

It's that classic cars will never pass a modern smog test. They are wildly inefficient, and those inefficiencies manifest in a bunch of wasted gas and bad exhaust.

I think they should probably get a smog tax, like someone else suggested somewhere.

My classic Miata cost me $1900 and 150 hours of work. Fuck you 🤣

If you don’t have money for a new car and only have an old beater, let’s not punish them with added cost to exist in this fuck the poor country. It goes both ways.

Guys, don't mouth off unless you know what you're talking about.

You sometimes need to drive hundreds of miles to get the ECU to get into it's long-term running state and they'll pass you.

Sorry for my european ignorance,
but isn't eco test mandatory part of yearly vehicle inspection?