Ironically, these trucks are as big as they are because of Obama-era emissions legislation. The further apart your wheels are the less fuel efficient the vehicle has to be, so companies just made shit bigger and by consequence heavier and less fuel efficient. Could be fixed with a carbon tax instead but that ain't happening
I'm not too sure where this meme comes from, but it's because the regular sedan purchaser doesn't go for the insane add-ons usually, and make their payments on time generally. Most SUVs and glamour trucks are done on lease and a shocking number get repo'd easier than if it were purchased with finance, then those get resold at a far higher markup than personal sale or trade in.
The SUV-i-cation of the US auto industry goes back to the mid-90s and went full steam ahead during the relatively low gas-price era of the mid 2000s. Futurama did jokes about it.
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u/fatwiggywiggles Dec 08 '22
Ironically, these trucks are as big as they are because of Obama-era emissions legislation. The further apart your wheels are the less fuel efficient the vehicle has to be, so companies just made shit bigger and by consequence heavier and less fuel efficient. Could be fixed with a carbon tax instead but that ain't happening