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The F150 has always been the bestselling truck in America, through all its iterations, which includes when it was about 40% smaller.
Which reinforces OPs pic. Big trucks are an obsession with Americans.
It's a valid stereotype.
He could have used a more accurate picture of a modern F150, and made the point well without inspiring folks to think "oh the Internet has made this person think Americans are all out driving F650s and I can put aside their ill informed point".
An F150 is still ridiculous. If he were concerned that people were desensitized to how ridiculous it is, could have included a comparison picture from 30 years ago to show what trucks used to look like, or a reasonably sized sedan.
If you want to sway hearts and minds, avoid claiming an example as representative when the audience is likely to recognize that example as something they have never actually seen casually on the road.
But was it always the best seller vehicle? (This is not a gotcha, I don't know).
Iirc it was for like 40 years in a row and it's always close to the top
Possibly. I took license with my response for sure as I don't follow it closely or own one at all, but it's done fairly well.