Which types of vehicles do not require a BAR label?

• A. New cars
• B. Diesel trucks
• C. Kit cars and grey market cars
• D. Motorhomes

Answer: (C)

A BAR label is the marker showing a vehicle has passed California’s standard Smog Check and meets the applicable emissions requirements for its type and year. Vehicles that follow the regular production path—like standard new cars, diesel trucks with their specific emissions controls, and motorhomes that are evaluated under the standard program—receive that label after a compliant test.

Kit cars and grey market cars don’t fit the standard production path, so there isn’t a uniform test result to certify with a BAR label. Their engines, configurations, or VINs aren’t guaranteed to match the normal testing framework, so they aren’t issued a BAR label through the usual Smog Check process; they require a different verification path rather than standard labeling.