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[–] Wooster@startrek.website 64 points 9 months ago (19 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@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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...

[–] Warp10Lizard@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

That thing is cool AF.

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