Brazilian regulators don't have their own crash-test facility to verify automakers' claims about vehicle performance, nor are there independent labs in the country.

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Kim is confident the vehicle will be ready to ship to customers by 2014, citing the lack of crash test regulations for motorcycles as well the relatively small number of parts that go into the C-1.

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