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Americans can no longer afford their cars (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 11 months ago (29 children)

But car buyers' preferences have also shifted dramatically to larger trucks and SUVs in the past 10 years or so, and even more towards high-tech and comfort amenities in the form of cameras, sensors, radars and large infotainment screens," he said.

You can’t buy a smaller truck because the manufacturers lobbied that large trucks are exempt from stricter emissions and thus they don’t have to engineer a smaller, more efficient truck.

[–] AlternatePersonMan 15 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Right? The mid size truck is now the size of a full size from 15 years ago.

[–] CADmonkey 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I have this weird little vehicle from the 1980's. I can best describe it as a Japanese Jeep. It wasn't ever a "big" vehicle, but seeing it next to a modern truck is jarring.

The best part is, I know from direct repeated personal experience that the 60 horsepower 4wd can go more places than a typical 4wd truck.

EDIT: Also, the truck in this picture is a 2004-2008, a 2023 is even bigger...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's super cute

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That thing is cool AF.

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