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This is unironically what these US vehicles look like to Europeans.
Bonus:
The car in the middle is a Volvo V70. That is a very large car in Europe. Now compare that to the size of the US thing, it's ridiculous.
Calling a mid sized European car "a very large car in Europe" is weird, it's literally the middle of the three cars they offer (the bigger being the 90, which is fairly common, tho they have hatchecks too). It's basically BMW5 or Mercedes E.
(Btw, bottom left, there is another V70.)
The image is still def disgusting, I support a direct ban on these pickup things, they are sold to ego-hungry folk to make then feel bigger.
Vans are much better & basically without downsides.
They even drive better.
Oh, and extra regulation on angles of the bonnet in regards to height please.
European pick-ups do have a place. You need to have to both tow, and go off-road regularly. Basically, horse owners, farmers, and some areas of construction. American pick-ups are just obscenely big, and completely inappropriate for almost all uses.
A van wins in almost all cases, except off-road performance. Vans are hilariously bad at that.
And yet all those areas you mentioned managed just fine until now and there are way more pickup trucks than people who use them in those ways.
If it's for hard work it doesn't need to be a personal vehicle.
Don't get me wrong, 90%+ who have one really don't need one. I'm not arguing with that.
The acid test is how dirty it is. If it's always ultra shiny, it's an ego prosthetic. If it's regularly mud splattered etc, it's more likely to be legit.
The XC90 is 10cm longer and the same width. Hardly any bigger. It just looks that way because it is built to topple and cartwheel better
I didn't say XC90/SUV.
The V90 is a further 13cm longer than XC90 & is V70 shaped (that's why the comparison).
You're right!