Did I hear that regulation banned small, fuel-efficient trucks?
@kotlolish
3 ай бұрын
by forcing them to be twice as fuel effecient, wich is possible, but it would make them super pricey. So no one wants to buy them and rather buy the bigger cheaper vehicles or the cheaper non truck that's too small.
@dehydratedwater9806
3 ай бұрын
Yep. The government wont even allow you to import a small pickup from overseas.
@Victor-056
3 ай бұрын
Yep.
@Saint_Wolf_
3 ай бұрын
@@kotlolish "By forcing them to create cutting edge innovation that the wider market wasn't there and capable to provide, but the politicians didn't know it becuase their salaries and insider trading allowed them to have such cars and they couldn't fathom the everyman can't but the yearly newest cutting edge like they do "
@stevenfrasier5718
3 ай бұрын
@@Saint_Wolf_ Yep-yep-yep. 🤑 "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help"
@presidentmerkinmuffley6769
3 ай бұрын
And the issue is regulations..... yet again.
@cdevidal
3 ай бұрын
Sounds like a great idea! With the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong?
@MrDj232
3 ай бұрын
And the chickens.
@Commandant_Aeon
3 ай бұрын
let me amend that : "The issue is *BAD* regulations put forth by greedy politicians/lobby"
@presidentmerkinmuffley6769
3 ай бұрын
@@Commandant_Aeon No. There is this thing called "unintended consequences", where something might be well meaning, but causes other negative results. Second, it is not your statement to amend and I have not authorized anyone to do so.
@presidentmerkinmuffley6769
3 ай бұрын
@@cdevidal Turns out that......
@DesignRhythm
3 ай бұрын
I am just shocked a government program produced unintended consequences.
@cdevidal
3 ай бұрын
Sounds like a great idea! With the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong?
@chimerawizard5639
3 ай бұрын
and the highway to hell gets another mile worth of maglev train.
@bubbythebear6891
3 ай бұрын
@@chimerawizard5639Don't worry, I doubt the intentions are actually in good faith, so we don't need to worry about paving hell.
@dreamwolf7302
3 ай бұрын
Thats a big assumption there. Who said the consequences were UN-intentional? When CAFE was enacted, the head of the EPA was a nutjob who thought we were only a few years away from nuclear powered cars.
@DesignRhythm
3 ай бұрын
@@dreamwolf7302 100%. They have been trying to kill the personal vehicle for decades. EV nonsense is their latest attempt.
@jmpmp_505
3 ай бұрын
All I want is the small ford rangers back
@codex2345
3 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@mattgayda2840
3 ай бұрын
I want the diesel Tacoma that every other country gets, it's way more fuel efficient and the engine lasts a million miles
@dredgendorchadas6770
3 ай бұрын
Yep, it's one of 4 vehicles I want. Don't care about all those luxury cars, just a nice small truck that doesn't look like a poor Photoshop task.
@cdevidal
3 ай бұрын
All you have to do is abolish the EPA
@rucker69
3 ай бұрын
@@mattgayda2840 *cough* hilux *cough*
@mrow7598
3 ай бұрын
Of course if anybody tried to change this, its "YOU JUST WANT DIRTY AIR!!!"
@fruitfarmfords8243
3 ай бұрын
Think of the turtles!!
@mustang607
3 ай бұрын
Similar to, if you resist socialists take over your society by any means, you also just want dirty air.
@Cubey7
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, the only solution in their minds is more bans on what people can own.
@yeetproductionsbah3809
3 ай бұрын
@@Cubey7banned
@crubs83
3 ай бұрын
"We want good thing" "How do you pay for good thing?" "YOU WANT BAD THING!!!"
@BoneistJ
3 ай бұрын
They took the Ford Ranger from us. Never forget, never forgive.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
No, I remember what happened to the Ford ranger because I was gonna get one. The fuel economy went to complete dogshit on them and they actually got worse mpg in 2012 than the previous generation. I liked them because they looked good but it was undeniable that it never stood a chance against an f150 that got better mpg and could do more
@CJColvin
3 ай бұрын
@Bryce_FlExactly mate, RIP to the legendary Ford Panther Platform (Ford Crownvic, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car) from 1979-2011.
@CJColvin
3 ай бұрын
@Bryce_Fl Right and plus they weigh a few 1000 Ibs less than the Scat Pack Charger so there for if you Coyote swap a 92-97 Crownvic or a 98-2011 Crownvic then man the Coyote swap Crownvic will smoke a 392 Hemi Charger Scat Pack.
@driftliketokyo34ftw35
3 ай бұрын
Hey the brought it back! _kinda…_
@namshimaru
3 ай бұрын
Still have mine
@AcshualSnotski
3 ай бұрын
Thinking the government does anything for the good of the people in 2024 is being recklessly delulu.
@abba_ra
3 ай бұрын
The US Government hasn't done anything that's only beneficial to the masses since 1913
@James_Bee
3 ай бұрын
2024? ... Ever.
@jarrod752
3 ай бұрын
Government hasn't done anything good since it banned murder and theft. And it's a hypocrite in regards to theft.
@silverjohn6037
3 ай бұрын
Villains aren't as big a problem as people that "think" they're doing good things. There's a limit to how much damage a villains can do as they are usually lazy while people that "think" they're doing good things will work hard and long to accomplish what they "think" is a good thing.
@drthmik
3 ай бұрын
@@James_Bee Was going to comment this
@kakarotto4star
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this video. I’m so tired of CAFE standards and the chicken tax messing with our vehicles. Government needs to stay out of the business of auto manufacturers and let them naturally progress to produce better vehicles with better fuel economy.
@Tejyasn
3 ай бұрын
Could have just stopped at "Government needs to stay out" hehehe
@kakarotto4star
3 ай бұрын
@@Tejyasn yup lol
@Steven-gv1ke
3 ай бұрын
I remember in 2000 you could buy a F150 reg cab short bed V6 with a manual transmission brand new for $9,995. You could also get a Ford Ranger ext cab, 4 cylinder, manual transmission for the same price new.
@TheCart54321
3 ай бұрын
Frankly government needs to just stay out of EVERYTHING at this point. When is the ACTUAL last time ANY government did ANYTHING right?
@LokiScarletWasHere
3 ай бұрын
@@TheCart54321 Hate to say it but in some places, internet infrastructure. If a third party such as a government or utility company, with a vested interest in keeping you connected, is in charge of the fabric and you can just dial in to the ISP giving you the better deal, it gets in the way of ISP monopolies. Sadly, that utility company moved on to being an ISP itself and colluded with government to keep the wild west of the dialup days from following us into broadband. Some places have found local solutions to this problem, some solutions being public, some being private. I hear Texas has done this with their power grid, where multiple power companies share the same grid and you pay one of them for power based on which you think is the better deal. It's a bit of pretend competition in my opinion, but there wouldn't be as much pretending if internet fabric were treated like a utility in this way.
@3Xmedic
3 ай бұрын
Your absolutely correct about Cafe "corporate average fuel economy" killing small trucks. A single person who only needs a small truck to haul light cargo is now forced into a much larger and far more expensive truck that doesn't serve his needs due to the stranglehold emissions forced upon it's citizens.
@emberfist8347
3 ай бұрын
It is that or make LA nationwide.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
No, it's because small trucks are generally a waste of money
@lukemorgan2197
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 Japan would like a word
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@lukemorgan2197 ah yes the typical 1st world suburbanite who basically hauls nothing but wants a shitty Japanese toy truck so they can mentally picture themselves as a poor Asian farmer hauling a bundle of commodities that's stacked up 10ft tall
@lukemorgan2197
3 ай бұрын
@wizard_of_poz4413 better than having a pickup truck with no scratches on the truckbed
@mustang607
3 ай бұрын
I'm sure the politicians did all this with the best of intentions, and thought what could possibly go wrong?
@greyone40
3 ай бұрын
Yes. And we have now arrived at the "how could we have known?" phase.
@EliSkylander
3 ай бұрын
(A wild Reference-To-Big-Moments-in-Unintended-Consequences has appeared!)
@ClokworkGremlin
3 ай бұрын
@@EliSkylanderKnowing the end goal, I don't think these consequences are unintented at all, actually.
@xor_the_protogen
3 ай бұрын
I bet they thought it was *a great idea* too
@amazingjason455
3 ай бұрын
My 1966 Oldsmobile 442 weighs less than a new BMW M3.
@dehydratedwater9806
3 ай бұрын
Same with my '68 Firebird 400
@dkstudioart
3 ай бұрын
Partially due to regulation, but also due to the fact that people want power everything and electronic everything now. Much of that weight difference is just the wiring. Reduce regulation and manufacturers could build a simple somewhat stripped down, fuel efficient, affordable car but nobody would buy it. This is why I still drive my 25 old car, it's as complicated as I want a car to be, no manufacturer offers an equivalent today.
@username65585
3 ай бұрын
Safety standards cost pounds.
@purestress2597
3 ай бұрын
I literally just want a modern Plymouth FeatherDuster (throw back for the next to nobody who knows it)
@dehydratedwater9806
3 ай бұрын
@@purestress2597 with the little tornado 👀 on it ?
@RX782GP03
3 ай бұрын
"It's the Government's Fault" Everytime
@lukemorgan2197
3 ай бұрын
This is a libertarian channel, what did you expect?
@casualgamers3369
3 ай бұрын
I usually agree with a lot of points made on this channel. Though for this one he is overlooking the Camry and Accord being larger-ish sedans. The Impala and Fusion also used to exist before they were cancelled due to low sales. I agree with him that the government killed small trucks, but it probably didn't kill large sedans. The consumers did.
@decadude8968
3 ай бұрын
I hate the fact that there is hardly any decent new sedans on the market. You should also talk about how the ever increasing safety and fuel mileage regulations and overly complex tech going into new cars is making them ever increasingly more expensive and more difficult to repair than they actually need to be.
@nickswildweather1308
3 ай бұрын
This
@Vickvineager
3 ай бұрын
Yeah that’s cause they want you to keep goin back to the dealerships for fluid changes. Half of the automatic transmissions anymore are sealed so you can’t change or even check the fluid with basic hand tools. Hell, mini’s don’t even have an oil dipstick. Why? Dealerships, that’s why.
@CJColvin
3 ай бұрын
Exactly mate
@user-dj3dg4nu9x
3 ай бұрын
On the American market no
@user-dj3dg4nu9x
3 ай бұрын
@@Callsign_Sturm old designs don't have the space necessary for all the safety features on new models.
@Anamnesis
3 ай бұрын
This debate wouldn't exist if people were actually specific in their language. "Bigger" can mean anything and it's just a game of semantics (like everything else these days) about what "bigger" means. It can mean longer, or wider, or what people actually mean: taller. And it's not just a truck problem, so all the truck bros with the most fragile egos in the world can sit down. The problem with literally any modern vehicle is that outward visibility is almost nonexistent because the beltlines and shoulder lines of today's cars are WAY higher than they used to be. You can't see around the periphery when you're sitting in it, and you can't see beyond the vehicles around you because they're all ten feet in the air now. This is part of the reason there are so many incidents with people being too close to trucks (not just careless pedestrians, it applies equally to careless workers in industrial settings) because you literally don't have direct line of sight around tall vehicles. This is why there are tons of visibility warning signs on semi trailers. Same concern applies to passenger vehicles which also now have a lack of outward visibility and are excessively tall. That wasn't a problem in decades past no matter how long the cars were, because they were lower to the ground and had lower beltlines, and people managed to get around just fine.
@emberfist8347
3 ай бұрын
And the language is misleading as you sedans are hardly that crammed.
@seanmccurdy80
3 ай бұрын
I hear you. I can barely even backup several of my cars on mirrors alone the beltlines are so bad. 2 of 3, you have to use the backup camera. The other, a Camaro without a camera...you just can't see where you're going. It sucks. However, you didn't mention why beltlines are moving up...Government regulations in the form of safety standards. The laws are written around the crash itself. A metal door will always be safer than window glass. It's just physics. This leaves design engineers few options. They know people would like to be able to easily see out of the car, but they are mandated by law to pass crash tests. Guess which one wins? The law fails to take into account how better sightlines would prevent crashes in the first place. Government incompetence and unintended consequences...shocking!
@pontiacg445
3 ай бұрын
Safety regs. A car has to be able to support it's entire weight on it's roof from some height drop or something like that. Because rather than teach people not to drive in a manner where such a thing even needs consideration we just give them all tanks instead.
@cherubin7th
3 ай бұрын
We need way more regulations to fix the regulations.
@purplefern6010
3 ай бұрын
You know, you say this as a joke but I was on a different video about the same subject and people were literally saying that.
@jtnachos16
3 ай бұрын
@@purplefern6010 Sometimes you do need two wrongs to make a right, even if only to demonstrate the issue. What really needs regulation is the regulators themselves.
@goazer2
3 ай бұрын
@@purplefern6010 I mean this is literally the entire platform of breadtube, the socialists, commies and a large section of the left. They actively advocate for giving the government more power to fix all the problems with the government having too much power.
@cavalieroutdoors6036
3 ай бұрын
@@jtnachos16 No, we don't need more regulations. We need de-regulation. The answer to a bad law isn't another bad law, it's repealing the fking law to begin with.
@jtnachos16
3 ай бұрын
@@cavalieroutdoors6036 So, your reading comp is fail? I specifically gave it in the context of using that additional regulation to show people WHY the initial was bad. You cannot convince of improvement without some kind of theoretical solution being offered that demonstrates WHY the initial regulation is bad and needs altered.
@Dionysus24779
3 ай бұрын
"... and much to the regulator's chagrin people aren't choosing nothing in the numbers they had hoped for." That sums up so much of modern politics when it comes to the economy.
@scottanno8861
3 ай бұрын
You WILL own nothing and you WILL be happy
@yoavmor9002
3 ай бұрын
Washington has legislated away the medium sized station wagons and sedans. Smaller veichles have also gotten heavier for the same size; but it's because of safety standards, it is what it is
@spartaninvirginia
3 ай бұрын
They're also getting heavier to reach CAFE Standards. Hybrid systems help boost fuel economy, but adds a significant amount of weight
@emberfist8347
3 ай бұрын
I would rather have a safe small vehicle that is heavy than a kei car so light it is imported as a motorcycle by the same genius who sold the Yugo stateside and is based on a crappy Italian car.
@purestress2597
3 ай бұрын
I would rather have kei cars than this regulation
@yoavmor9002
3 ай бұрын
@@purestress2597 The market killed unsafe cars. Regulations just slowed it down
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
That's bullshit because the consumer base rejects sedans. It wasn't gubermint anything
@elvagabundoilegal2868
3 ай бұрын
More about this: 1. Safety regulations have also forced automakers to make cars larger for the mandated crumple zones, airbag and seating positions so they can still meet the updated NHTSA regulations. 2. Thanks to Big Food and the food pyramid, people nowadays need a large truck and SUV because they have gotten so fat they can't even fit inside a hatchback or any compact car 3. Meanwhile, Toyota created the current problem with crossovers thanks in part for creating the Lexus RX, which has brought us into the boring cars that we have today 4. Those same EPA regulations are also why the average car nowadays has gotten less reliable than before, through standard features like smaller engines with gasoline-direct injection, higher compression ratios and turbochargers, all of which add up to metal fatigue to the engine block, more engine parts and requiring more expensive premium gas 4. The safety standards have also made the smaller cars larger and heavier while smaller inside to compensate for the safety features, which also made them less fuel-efficient than their older counterparts
@CJColvin
3 ай бұрын
Agreed 100% brother, and don't forget the EPA and the government killed the legendary Muscle Cars as well as the legendary V8s.
@alexmills1329
3 ай бұрын
@@CJColvinnow the Mustang is the only one left standing. And that’s only because Ford is still partly family owned.
@komicalkramer6188
3 ай бұрын
And lets build car reliant suburbs to further encourage the purchases of these vehicles! The pyramid scheme never ends.
@facelessman9224
3 ай бұрын
I needed a small truck, and I had to buy something that was over 15 years old to find what I was looking for. Thanks government!
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
What do you need a small truck for objectively other than for nostalgia
@grapicusdrinktus
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 Any job that involves dirt roads or frequent stop/go traffic on inclines. t. Small truck owner and knower
@pmchad
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 because some people don't want to drive a giant ass semi truck wannabe, but still want the reliability of a truck bed.
@Triaxx2
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 Ground clearance, ability to haul oddly shaped objects, and oddly enough jurisdictional regulations. It's required near me to haul propane tanks in a truck, with an open bed. Much easier to do in my small truck than in a full size plow truck.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@Triaxx2 yea I doubt yall are going over any creek beds and you can always get a cheap little trailer for a few hundred bucks
@Seority
3 ай бұрын
"I love regulations." - CAFE Palpatine
@jamesdinius7769
3 ай бұрын
Basically, a lot ofpeople want a small truck or large sedan, but regulations on them are so impossible that you either by a much bigger vehicle you'll never fully utilize, or none at all. Logic at its finest.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
No they dont
@Brent-jj6qi
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413what an amazing rebuttal
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@@Brent-jj6qi it's true. People would rather have suvs or fullsize trucks
@Brent-jj6qi
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 of course, which is why Europe, with more reasonable regulations, have the same size cars as the US Wait, they don’t? Is it perhaps that people don’t want these vehicles?
@_Vengeance_
3 ай бұрын
@@Brent-jj6qi I live in a European country, and it's all big SUVs here (trucks are far more rare though), sedans have gone extinct except for old tiny student cars. However, it's still true people want mid-sized cars: people are absolutely sick of SUVs here, they want sedans but there just aren't any anymore (except for the aforementioned tiny student cars).
@senditc20
3 ай бұрын
Thank you chicken taxs
@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero
3 ай бұрын
And I thought I wasn't the only one who made that connection when this video dropped.
@senditc20
3 ай бұрын
@@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero right!?!?! I just want my freaking Toyota hilux lol
@SoMuchFacepalm
3 ай бұрын
@@senditc20 Literally getting cockblocked.
@senditc20
3 ай бұрын
@@SoMuchFacepalm lol good one
@barryward2128
3 ай бұрын
Men of culture I see
@Stevarooni
3 ай бұрын
Mmm...unintended consequences make my politicians _hot_ all the time!
@feartheghus
3 ай бұрын
Ah yes, cafe regulations. As the Chubby Electron Man hath foretold: we have big trucks because of the chickens.
@mikecronis
3 ай бұрын
All the cars in America don't even make the same amount of pollution as 1 volcano can.
@Toliman.
3 ай бұрын
To be fair, that volcano isn’t in America… yet. Yellowstone is just waiting its time.
@mattdarrock666
3 ай бұрын
Once again it's a case of ''I'm from the government and I'm here to help''...
@JazzJackrabbit
3 ай бұрын
"Oh no! Anyway." -- Japanese Car Manufacturers, probably
@uglyjihad
3 ай бұрын
Japanese car manufacturers get the short end of the stick, there's a reason why we went almost 20 years without a Toyota Supra or Nissan skyline. And they can't sell a small truck like the maverick for a competitive price
@IcicleFerret
3 ай бұрын
I read somewhere that Japanese manufacturers have never met the EPA/CAFE regulations, and simply pay a fine in order to sell cars in the US. Coincidentally, I drive a Japanese hatchback because it offers good versatility and, as a petite individual, I can actually get into it without a step ladder.
@Tang-qi6zw
3 ай бұрын
What’s really funny is trucks and SUVs were more dangerous than sedans or hatchbacks because of the flip risk (from high centers of gravity) and the size creating the roof caving in danger. So fuel economy was greater diminished by requiring the vehicle to support the weight on the roof, which increased the size of the A pillars, blocking significant driver vision and causing more vehicle collisions.
@rucker69
3 ай бұрын
Can confirm. The A pillar on my cummins is unnecessarily thicc, making the slower curved roads really hazardous to navigate.
@Tang-qi6zw
3 ай бұрын
Then, on top of that, modern American trucks aren’t even trucks anymore. The bed isn’t 8ft. Lumber is sold in 8 ft sections. If your bed isn’t 8 fr, you didn’t buy a truck; you bought moron’s minivan.
@madogthefirst
3 ай бұрын
This isn't the 80s/90s that problem has been fairly solved.
@TheCatOfAges
3 ай бұрын
@madogthefirst no, it hasnt. the a pillars on cars has been huge since the 2010s. last car i can tbink of with thin enough pillars to see around is a crown vic
@Tang-qi6zw
3 ай бұрын
@@madogthefirst Are you the kind of person to drive with your head so far up your ass that you run over 5 children in a school zone? The pillars have gotten stupidly thicker. Buildings can now hide behind the A-pillar (the beams in the front of the car). This even raises the center of gravity, thus INCREASING likelihood to flip. Especially since there is the hard limit to the width of cars since they need to fit in car lanes. This is a government regulation, since they made it so the car has to support its weight on its roof. This is a newer regulation. It also increases weight again, thus making cars less efficient.
@jeremygilby1455
3 ай бұрын
I miss being able to see around the vehicle in front of me.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
What
@jcornscorndog941
3 ай бұрын
I don’t even care if cars get bigger or smaller, just make them more distinguished and inelegant.
@Zachary5211
3 ай бұрын
I want the Toyota Hilux you see all the time in Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Those things could take some abuse. Sadly, regulations won't allow them here. 😢
@headshotmaster138
3 ай бұрын
I hate the fact we can't import grey market cars without that stupid 25 year rule.
@emberfist8347
3 ай бұрын
You can have Hilux they just call it the Tacoma here.
@kellyalger2394
3 ай бұрын
@@emberfist8347Yeah that's not a Hilux, that's a luxury sedan pretending to be a truck. It's also a lot bigger.
@emberfist8347
3 ай бұрын
@@kellyalger2394 it actually isn’t the Hilux and Tacoma use the same basic platform.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
They're both toys
@zuludude2
3 ай бұрын
It's impressive we have regulations against reasonably sized vehicles, but not against blinding laser LED floodlights or 6' tall pedestrian muncher hoods. SUVs/Trucks have poor visibility around them, force everyone in front of them to drive blinded by the solar flares shining right in their eyes, and the high hood & frame also causes significantly deadlier accidents.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
You literally covered every single stupid poor person cope ever in one comment
@cavalieroutdoors6036
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 I drive one of those over-sized Yank tanks. He's not wrong on any point he made. Nothing about it is 'poor person cope.' They suck to drive, and they suck for other people in sane-sized vehicles to be around.
@Brennan_the_smith
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 right because wanting to see at night without getting your eyes fried is a poor person cope...
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@Brennan_the_smith yea you can do that for about 100 bucks if your car didn't have leds from the factory. The fact that you complain that literally everyone blinds you is telling me that your eyes are strained to their limit trying to pick any information they can out of the darkness that your sputtering cheap halogens are failing to illuminate. And thus you're overdriving the shit out of your headlights
@randgrithr7387
3 ай бұрын
Hell, I sit 8 feet up in a Freightliner Cascadia and I'm still blinded by douchebag pickup truck drivers racing past at 80mph in a 65.
@Akaterial
3 ай бұрын
Yup. The EPA CAFE standards killed the compact truck and stationwagons. Anyone not in a SUV or Pickup truck are endanged by all of these heavy vehicles with bumpers higher than cars. The really dumb thing is that a SUV will put out more pollution than a similar sized stationwagon but the stationwagon is penalized for being lighter.
@hallucinatedovens8414
3 ай бұрын
Um, car autist here, the longest production sedan (non limo) ever was the 1973 Chrysler imperial at 235 inches, many models were the same length as the 74 fleetwood
@stevenscott2136
3 ай бұрын
Wasn't the Bugatti Royale kind of gigantic? Or was it too rare to count?
@hallucinatedovens8414
3 ай бұрын
@@stevenscott2136 hmm good call, might count as a limo though and the record I'm referring to is more specifically "mass production non limo sedan", so depending on how you specify the record
@GrumpyIan
3 ай бұрын
Yeah you know there's a problem when a new Ford Ranger is bigger than a 2007 Chevy Silverado.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
No it's not
@uglyjihad
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 2023 Ford ranger, 211″ L x 78″ W x 71-72″ H meanwhile 2007 Chevy Silverado 229.9 in. Overall width without mirrors, 79.9 in. Height, 73.9 in, pretty much same class
@daddydubs4349
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 You're the one who's actually wrong. The new Ranger is two inches taller and has a higher bumper than the 2007 Silverado. So yes it's bigger.
@Mendrawza24
3 ай бұрын
Maybe you didn't have enough time to include it, but the CAFE regulations were also coupled with the chicken war. US instituded tarrifs on European imports including trucks. Search Chicken War for more info y'all.
@settame1
3 ай бұрын
Think Seamus did a video on it.
@mgeiger2341
3 ай бұрын
Fat Electrician has a video about it on his Fat Files channel as well.
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever
3 ай бұрын
Just wait til next year when all American cars are supposed to have software in them to verify whether you've been drinking, and also provide an externally available kill switch for the government to stop the vehicle. All that crap is not gonna improve gas mileage OR sales.
@MBunn-uf1we
3 ай бұрын
which might not even work if the individual physically disables the radio and bluetooth antenna.
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever
3 ай бұрын
@@MBunn-uf1we the cars will be like your phone, with hidden embedded means of transmitting. Someone will have to come up with a faraday cage for vehicles...
@MBunn-uf1we
3 ай бұрын
@@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever at which point you just disable it in software
@lukemorgan2197
3 ай бұрын
@@MBunn-uf1we "you wouldn't jailbreak a car"
@MarkJohnson-ro1ed
3 ай бұрын
You're wrong on so many levels! Compare the wheelbase size of a Ford Falcon Ute to a Ford Ranger and the Ranger is longer, taller, and wider. It is also too large to fit into the average parking spot.
@mihali9655
3 ай бұрын
Yes, but they took away our Falcon Ute. The Ranger is uselessly large with a smaller tray and the ride height is ridiculous if you don’t travel off road - AND it’s not as good to drive or cheap to service as the car based Falcon Ute.
@peregrination3643
3 ай бұрын
When I talk about trucks being big, I'm being more direct with my comparison: F150 from 2000 vs 2020 external aesthetic becoming more blocky. Pre-fuel embargo trucks are far from the context that initiates my comment. And while this video went in a completely different direction than what I was thinking, it's still a very interesting topic.
@spartaninvirginia
3 ай бұрын
Trucks are getting bigger. Compare a 2011 Ford Ranger to a 2023 Ford Ranger on carsized. Taller, wider, longer. A 1998 Ford F-150 is almost the same size as modern Ranger, which is supposed to be the "medium" sized truck. Same with Ram and Toyota. CAFE Standards are 100% to blame, but to say they're not getting bigger is just wrong. The height and squared off front end also make it basically impossible to see in front of you, unlike the trucks of old where you could.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
No, they got bigger because ford didn't want to keep producing an outdated platform that didn't sell because it was inferior to the half ton
@TealBeal11
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 So... they are getting bigger
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@TealBeal11 yea pretty much but yall have a short memory if you forgot already that the ecoboost f150 and the coyote were leaving the ranger behind in fuel economy
@TealBeal11
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 Yes, but we're not talking about fuel economy. We're talking about size. And size has increased, which is what my comment was about.
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@TealBeal11 well why is that an issue then
@kendyll7595
3 ай бұрын
Also the 4-25% chicken tax on imported light cargo vehicles (cargo vehicle with 2 or fewer passenger). LBJ implemented it in the mid 20th century and it’s still around today.
@emberfist8347
3 ай бұрын
But that hasn’t stopped foreign companies most build their trucks and vans locally instead.
@SeanA099
3 ай бұрын
Actually, the popularity of the Ford Maverick has shown that you can have a small, fuel efficient truck and there’s a very high demand for it
@GrumpyIan
3 ай бұрын
At that point I'm just going to get a wagon. Having a small bed like that is basically useless when all you have to do with a wagon, crossover, or SUV is to remove a row or two of seats and have way more room.
@AlineaEuros
3 ай бұрын
The ford maverick however is rather limited in its configurations and ability, its a Unibody fwd car with a backbed lol youre not gonna see longbeds or single cab variants of that thing.
@GrumpyIan
3 ай бұрын
@@AlineaEuros If the bed is under 5.5feet it's not worth getting.
@settame1
3 ай бұрын
@@GrumpyIanYou can put the body in diagonally or fold the legs.
@barryward2128
3 ай бұрын
@settame1 if you bisect the body you can get 2 in there pretty easily
@raypimienta7670
3 ай бұрын
I ride a motorcycle... i still go through gas like a hummer tho
@Victor-056
3 ай бұрын
Funny, I just ran into something like that on a completely different site. Funnily enough, one of the other reasons for large trucks is mainly also because many of those who _do_ buy those trucks, are those who either live on farms and/or in rural areas, where a Small Truck would NOT be remotely efficent because they are built for compact cities rather than rugged winding roads that would make the engine stress itself out. That being said, the reason for the rest of those who end up buying those trucks is stated in the video.
@pontiacg445
3 ай бұрын
Makes zero sense. The S10 shared the same engine as the full sized silverado when it existed. Now even larger full sized trucks get tiny little junkbox turbo engines that are most certainly stressed out and clapped out inside 100k.
@IcicleFerret
3 ай бұрын
I know a sample size of 1 does not a scientific study make, but I'd rather have a small truck than a large one due to me being short. The ergonomics of climbing or reaching into a large truck repeatedly over several years would be taxing on my tiny body.
@Typhoonoverwatch
3 ай бұрын
"cars are too big" "umm akshually, thats not a car, thats a truck"
@DUCKfourCOVER
3 ай бұрын
Car manufacturers are still making trucks bigger than they need to be, looking at a 2001 Chevy Silverado vs a 2023 the new one is 9 inches higher. While the weight stays the same there’s no need for it to be so much higher. Because now the small cars really can’t see over any vehicle that comes stock with the equivalent of a lift kit
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
Which Silverado tho
@DUCKfourCOVER
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 1500 long bed on both
@purestress2597
3 ай бұрын
This video has radicalized me and I will be buying 3 crown Vic police interceptors RAPIDLY
@mactep1
3 ай бұрын
Don't forget about the 25% "chicken tax" that applies specifically to imported light trucks, on top of CAFE regulations.
@ChristnThms
3 ай бұрын
The fact that the sq ft of the vehicle is even a consideration is insane. Of all the obvious fuckery within government regulations, this has got to be some of the most obviously stupid.
@cyclonebuzz8172
3 ай бұрын
It used to be by weight, but during the Obama administration, it was changed to the dimensions of the vehicle. That's why the small trucks and cars were discontinued during his administration.
@joshuadavis6094
3 ай бұрын
As a guy that still drives an early 80s Chevy S10 that's considered today a mini truck compared to the Ford Maverick or even the new Hyundai Santa Cruz.... Even small trucks now make the S10s or Ford rangers or the little Toyota trucks of the 80s and 90s look almost toyish in size and for what 24-30 real world mpg....I say bring back small fuel efficient trucks!
@devinbuettgenbach2941
3 ай бұрын
I speak for a lot of people at least in my circle of friends and co-workers when I say I miss the old sedans.
@matthewboyd8689
3 ай бұрын
The most hilarious thing about how everyone's now buying trucks instead of cars is the fact that monster trucks no longer have cars to crush and trucks are too dangerous because they are asymmetrical and are much more likely to have them veer off the vehicle ramp and into the crowd. Now that's what I call a fun fact!
@aaronraycove9517
3 ай бұрын
It's hood heights that makes these big trucks deadly. Making Cafe standards more lenient and putting restrictions on hood height would likely result in safer cars all around.
@KillerMoth3
3 ай бұрын
I see a new soapbox, I click 😎
@TheMichaelMove
3 ай бұрын
Another logical gem from the environmental punishment agency. What will they think of next? Maybe it will be cars that break down whenever it gets cold!
@dehydratedwater9806
3 ай бұрын
Like electric?
@TheMichaelMove
3 ай бұрын
@@dehydratedwater9806 far right extremist! But yeah
@cjfauxx6266
3 ай бұрын
I dream of owning an early 70's Cadillac Fleetwood. preferably, a 1973 model.
@kazsmaz
3 ай бұрын
The average size of the average vehicle on the road has gotten a lot taller.. It's not the length we care about it's the height. The height of new SUVs and trucks make them a terrifying thing to share the road with. Not to mention at night, for some reason companies insist that a higher vehicle has to have it's headlights mounted higher too. Blinding everyone with LEDs mounted higher than a semi trucks lights. They don't just push people into them, they make it dangerous for everyone to not be in one
@shaggyrebel8737
3 ай бұрын
Bring back the Chevy Luv and Ford Courier!
@GrumpyIan
3 ай бұрын
Subaru Brat, Dodge Rampage, VW Pickup, and the El Camino.
@CJColvin
3 ай бұрын
@@GrumpyIanDon't forget the Ranchero as well.
@ironnwizzard
3 ай бұрын
As an added bonus, even for the larger trucks, the Cafe standards are still laughably impossible to achieve, so manufacturers are adding additional systems to their vehicles to eke even more out of a gallon of gas. Small engine + turbo, auto-start/stop, cylinder deactivation, etc... are a few methods to get a little more economy while still providing the necessary power. Now I'm not inherently against efficiency; all other things being equal it's a good thing. However, nothing exists in a vacuum, and there are trade-offs. It's a simple fact of machines that additional complexity comes at the cost of reliability; there's just more things to go wrong. In some cases (*cough* GMC DoC *cough*) those things can go wrong in such a way as to ruin an engine. Now you need at least a new engine if not the whole vehicle. Boy, I'm sure glad we saved 5% of fuel to have to buy a new vehicle 5~10 years sooner. Good job EPA. -_-
@Catholicdragonslayer
3 ай бұрын
Does anyone know how this relates to minivans? Because even though (as a family of 5) we could fit in a big sedan, we might not choose to do so (I don't know enough about old sedans to compare).
@ryanalamo3851
3 ай бұрын
Wow regulations being bad for consumers and counterproductive to their explicit purpose. I'm shocked
@clericofchaos1
3 ай бұрын
Speak for yourself. I'm with Florida man on this one, everybody should own or want to own a monster truck. That's just human nature. Bigger is always better.
@chimerawizard5639
3 ай бұрын
I agree on the first statement, but obesity is 'bigger' and that is definitely not better.
@grendal113
3 ай бұрын
Parking is a pain
@clericofchaos1
3 ай бұрын
@@grendal113 not if your truck is bigger than everyone else's >:)
@clericofchaos1
3 ай бұрын
@@chimerawizard5639 Sumo wrestlers would disagree.
@tra-viskaiser8737
3 ай бұрын
I'm ok with my 351 78 f150... I dont need a truck-boat-truck.
@atrckr-bf7de
3 ай бұрын
Light trucks were lobyed to have a exception so this is completely intended
@kevinhixson1586
3 ай бұрын
Not that long ago Toyota came out with a new truck that was priced under 12,000 dollars. The number 1 thing I heard people talking about was regulations would never let something like that on the road in america.
@darthgeist3966
3 ай бұрын
In short: Another example of Government Interference in business making everything worse.
@user-op8fg3ny3j
3 ай бұрын
NotJustBikes has entered the chat with his "These Stupid Tucks are Literally Killing Us" video
@antonioiniguez1615
3 ай бұрын
That video is incredibly well made, as all his videos are.
@gruzi.
3 ай бұрын
@@antonioiniguez1615meat rider!
@antonioiniguez1615
3 ай бұрын
@@gruzi. Liking someone's video is meat riding?
@theyellowmeaning7507
3 ай бұрын
@@antonioiniguez1615 this isn't a matter of liking. nice strawman. the point being made is that regulations have made, what notjustbikes would consider, a safer truck unaffordable/unprofitable; but notjustbikes supports greater regulation to, from his stance, make trucks safer. this position can then be demonstrated to be self defeating; thus his argument and the video essay for it, should not be considered 'well made'.
@gruzi.
3 ай бұрын
@@antonioiniguez1615 yes and singing that losers praises is meat riding
@schwarzerritter5724
3 ай бұрын
Cars are definitely getting bigger in Germany. SUVs that barely fit on parking lots are becoming significantly more common and have almost completely replaced more compact station wagons.
@m.shields1270
3 ай бұрын
We seriously need to reconsider these stupid regulations. I hate how huge so many cars are now
@stevetaylor9265
3 ай бұрын
They still make them, just no reason to import them.
@RipRoaringGarage
3 ай бұрын
Finally somebody outside of the car world talking about the cheap large sedan. RIP Crown Vic, Grand Marquis, Caprice, Delta 88, Bonneville and all. And the very last one...RIP Dodge Charger and Challenger
@obamagaming7909
3 ай бұрын
This is solid reasoning, but overall is a weird take. It's a common argument that cars nowadays are too big, which make them deadlier, more difficult to drive in smaller spaces, and more difficult to park (also, if I'm a business owner, I have to spend more on real estate to have enough space for these bigger vehicles) - I think those are valid concerns. A quick note btw: the fact that 1950s and 1960s-era cars were bigger is less relevant since there were only about 60 million cars total in the U.S. in the 1960s, while there are almost 300 million now. Economic centers and downtowns have not expanded to keep up with this change, which is why anyone will tell you that there's "too much traffic" - it's because you can't sustain a downtown for a city of 1 million people where all 1 million of them have their own car. After that, half of the video was just dedicated to saying "it's the government's fault actually," which detracts agency from the fact that people buy lifted pickup trucks and SUVs because they just like them. These are not the cheapest vehicles to own, they never were, but it is true that CAFE standards have made them cheaper than similar, more sensible options. However, those CAFE standards have been in place for years and were established WITH auto manufacturer lobbies in mind. You think they didn't realize that adding a provision which makes larger pickups more realistic to manufacture wouldn't make it easier to produce them? Deregulation of CAFE standards would separate auto lobbyists from these advantageous provisions, which is impossible without ADDITIONAL provisions to keep these lobbyists in check. If you want to remove CAFE standards, you'd just go back to restricting private enterprise. If that's what you want to do, then go ahead, but it's just a weird take coming from this channel
@riccardo393e7
3 ай бұрын
So… regulations do the exact opposite to what they are meant to do… where i heard that before
@Todd_Swank
3 ай бұрын
Its always the government's fault
@paulharvey1947
3 ай бұрын
Don't think they are. I JUST bought a F350 Crew cab with a full size bed dually and could use some more room
@DWalter.27
3 ай бұрын
I got one of those big trucks with a tiny engine. They do that because of refulations too, someting about fleet average MPG. Anyway, it'll do truck things (I live rurally) when I need it to, and the massive back seat is great for the kids (the majority of it's use). This allows us to have only 1 vehicle as well. It's still expensive, even though they intentionally price cut them to help meet the required metrics. Thankfully this works well for us, as there's very limited options.
@amazingjason455
3 ай бұрын
Women love their manly SUVs.
@amazingjason455
3 ай бұрын
Make Lotus light again.
@AcshualSnotski
3 ай бұрын
They'll never make another Elise/Exige because the safety regulations would make it impossible.
@Cynical_Ninja
3 ай бұрын
They'll have to...or go bust, cause no one is buying an electric SUV from Lotus
@damienfinnegan8272
3 ай бұрын
The fuel regulations are so bad that even the hyper efficient Japanese Kei trucks can't even meet the requirements, and even if they did, they wouldn't be allowed on the US market due to their safety standards not being up to spec.
@t.l.2080
3 ай бұрын
There are also a ton of new tech requirements in vehicles, increasing complexity and cost
@AshnSilvercorp
3 ай бұрын
that and they are requiring "features" in cars now for "safety." If anything, a car requiring a hookup to an infotainment tablet jammed into the dashboard prone to breaking and needing system updates every 2 weeks possibly bricking the car is about the silliest idea I've seen yet. Just make a car that runs and has a speedometer. I don't need a tablet to drive.
@fecat93
3 ай бұрын
I love cars. I want to go back to the days I actually could see traffic vs. the sun being blocked out by all the crossovers. I also drive only manual transmission. I'm a true dinosaur.
@flyingturret208thecannon5
3 ай бұрын
"Ugh... vehicles have gotten so big lately..." "ACTUALLY!" Due to CAFE regulations, small vehicles aren't cheap & affordable, so only SUVs and trucks are being bought & sold and, smaller vehicles used to be bigger, actually. Summarized in less than 30 seconds.
@Terminarch
3 ай бұрын
I looked into those regulations a good while ago. Short version, manufacturers are required to maintain a certain fuel efficiency rating... but that efficiency is calculated from footprint of the vehicle. ie, "if it can haul more stuff then it takes less trips so it can be less efficient per mile" except that people like small vehicles when they DON'T need to move 3 families at a time!
@stevenfrasier5718
3 ай бұрын
Government killed the Muscle Cars of the 60s/70s. Hey man, DRILL -- and bring those babies back to us !!
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
No
@stevenfrasier5718
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 "No" for you, as an individual, is your right; but a flat "No" is a "no-no".
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@@stevenfrasier5718 why? They're basically not good for anything at all except for toys
@stevenfrasier5718
3 ай бұрын
@@wizard_of_poz4413 You're entitled to that opinion, and to reflect that opinion with the dollars you earn. It's called "Free Market Capitalism."
@user-ff8rs7gk6r
3 ай бұрын
You forgot to add that one of the more recent things passed by congress was a mandate for backup cameras. Because nothing makes a car more affordable than mandating a massive computer go into it!
@Lozoot2
3 ай бұрын
A massive computer? Friend, a backup camera system is so cheap it makes less sense to NOT include one. Auto makers need to calm down with the computers, yes, but rear cameras really should be standard in all vehicles.
@TheCatOfAges
3 ай бұрын
@@Lozoot2or... hear me out, increase rear visibility by making the car lower and window bigger
@wizard_of_poz4413
3 ай бұрын
@@TheCatOfAgesmost cars are literally inches off the ground bud
@stevenscott2136
3 ай бұрын
I like my backup camera, but I HATE having touch-screen controls. I have to look away from the road every time a bad song comes on, which is about every five minutes.
@sppoitier1
3 ай бұрын
As both a car enthusiast and an engineer that worked in the auto industry, I don't think this is entirely accurate. First, with the advancements in engine technology like ECU mapping, direct injection, and turbocharging; it is possible to make cars of any size more fuel efficient. It is also profitable to do so since many consumers look for that when purchasing a vehicle. Secondly, no vehicles except for hybrids gets nearly 50 miles to the gallon. While regulations may require small trucks to be more fuel efficient, this goal is still reasonably achievable with current technology and profitable since there is a market demand for it. Thirdly, EPA regulations didn't get rid of the affordable large sedan. The market did. If you look at sales numbers for sedans of any size sold from the year 2000 to today, you'll notice that sedan sales are dropping while SUV & truck sales are growing. It is consumer driven (no pun intended) not regulation driven. Lastly, cars with just moderate fuel economy don't sell well unless they're sports cars. This is due to the fact that fuel economy is one of the key things that consumers look for when purchasing a vehicle since gasoline is the most common expense when owning a car. in short, regulation didn't make cars larger. The market did.
@ManuFortis
3 ай бұрын
Ah yes, the uncanny everlasting infinite universal effect known as unforeseen consequences. Gotta love it.
@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD
3 ай бұрын
Not to mention that you are much more likely to be mortally injured from a truck/SUV than a small sedan due to the design of the front end of the vehicle. If you get hit head-on(usually because the driver can’t see over the hood) you are likely going to be run OVER rather than being pushed ONTO and OVER the hood.
@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD
3 ай бұрын
If you get hit by a car with the hood being much lower than most SUV’s, it’s more likely that the worst case scenario would be a non-life threatening broken Femur or kneecap. If you get hit by an SUV, then you’re getting massive blunt-force trauma DIRECTLY to your vital organs, followed by being effectively run over because the vehicle is too tall and your body will take the path of least resistance, being UNDER.
@I.C.Weiner
3 ай бұрын
@@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD it's crazy popup headlights are basically banned for safety reasons for pedestrians but a giant grill that will slam right into the torso and head is basically mandatory.
@davidmalkowski7850
3 ай бұрын
Seamus, I kinda have to disagree on this one. Trucks aren't longer than they used to be, they're way taller. Most incidents with vehicles involving trucks are because the driver couldn't see someone coming into the roadway or crosswalk in front of them because the drover is situated significatnly taller than evem most modern SUVs, necessitating complicated and costly to repair collission sensor and all manner of computerized skullduggery to get into what should be a lower to the ground vehicle in the first place. Heck, I dunno why anyone with a big truck want to deal with loading it at rib/waist height when a lower truck like the Maverick is so much more comfortable to load.
@Harley_Mitchelly
3 ай бұрын
Bed size, and the general notion that you can sell height as a positive on the lot, encouraging people to get a bigger car loan over just paying for the new car. This is only a 3 minute video after all, so there's bound to be some nuance glossed over, but if you already have a captive market, you can basically start overloading and underperforming relative to that market share simply because they're already guaranteed to buy it. Why not lift the truck, put in a "special" off-road package, and charge an extra 20 grand for it at that point?
@Arclite02
3 ай бұрын
That's not really the case. I drive a full size pickup, and if you can't see someone at a crosswalk? First off, they're under 4 feet tall. And secondly, they entered that crosswalk maybe 10 feet ahead of your vehicle, at which point it's literally impossible to not hit them anyway. Similarly, if you can't see a small car? You're already maybe 0.0002 seconds from hitting it. This is NOT a real issue.
@erichildebrandt9490
3 ай бұрын
Don’t forget the chicken tax played a part in keeping small trucks out.
@FatigueRestored
3 ай бұрын
Had to get a larger vehicle to fit the massive car seats into
@Post_and_Ghost
3 ай бұрын
Don’t forget the chicken tax. That killed the light utility vehicle. Thanks a lot LBJ.
@emberfist8347
3 ай бұрын
It didn’t it killed the foreign import of those vehicles you can still buy them if they are made in the USA even if it is just a knock-down kit. Mercedes did that for years with the Sprinter.
@Absolute_Goober
3 ай бұрын
We want hiluxes bet cant have them because of these bs regulations. And chickens (shoutout to the fat electrician)
@cavalieroutdoors6036
3 ай бұрын
I would settle for something the size of a Ranger. I don't even need a Hilux (but I agree Toyota should be able to import them)
@daddydubs4349
3 ай бұрын
Instead of blaming CAFE standards as if government is the only reason cars are now giant, let's look at some solutions that automakers should (but won't) introduce. 1- Bring back vehicles on a car platform with a truck back that only have one row of seats. 2- Immediately stop producing vehicles like the Chevrolet Suburban and Escalade or at least lower the height of the vehicle 3- Make minivans and vehicles like the Subaru Forester (which is essentially just a modern station wagon) cheaper and promote them as an alternative to vehicles like the Suburban. Minivans aren't subjected to strict CAFE standards. 4- Take inspiration from cars in Europe and Japan and implement some of their technology into modern cars as a way to improve fuel efficiency. It was done with the Ford Taurus and helped Ford back then, so there's no reason why it can't be done again today.
@TheMeepster72
3 ай бұрын
That's why the new rangers are slightly bigger then 1990s F-150s. It's easier to just make the truck larger then to break physics and make an impossibly efficient engine.
@ashleypenn7845
3 ай бұрын
Another thing to consider is that Americans, as a general rule, are getting bigger. Not just wider (thanks obesity epidemic), but taller too, thanks to improved nutritional options. My 6'6" husband has difficulty fitting into most standard sized sedans, and considering the size of our family, even minivans are too cramped for him to squeeze into the drivers' seat. We ended up buying a 2011 Chevy Suburban to accommodate all of us.
@mikee2923
3 ай бұрын
I’ve said this for years. Most Americans want a large, full framed safe and V8 powered vehicle. The government and media have lied for years saying Americans wanted small fuel efficient Japanese style cars. Sure small car sales increase as the price of gas increases but when gas prices fall, they don’t really sell. Overall, Americans buy pickup trucks because they are the only thing that fits the category of what Americans want. Back in the 70s when most cars had a full frame and a V8, they couldn’t give pickup trucks away to the average consumer. Mostly they were bought by farmers and construction workers, people who really needed them. Unlike today, The EPA and government will be responsible for the death of the American automobile industry. It seems as though that’s been the plan all along since the 60s. Back then, American cars ruled the road. I was always into cars and remember as a kid in the 70s about the only foreign cars I saw was the VW Beetle and the occasional Datsun Z car. I noticed foreign cars only really started to become a big thing in the late 80s. Then from the 90s on they began to take over slowly but surely. This isn’t because this is what Americans wanted, this is what the federal government and EPA forced. Their regulations basically forced the American companies to build Japanese style cars, something they had no experience in or desire to do. Why would anyone want to buy an American copy of what the Japanese perfected? Finally, we are in the beginning of the end stage of the American automobile industry. Thanks to the idiotic policies of the Biden administration forcing electric car technology on them. They were forced to spend billions of dollars on technology that they will never recoup. Tesla is the gold standard of electric cars for the few people who actually want an electric car. Most others languish unsold on lots. Some are priced so low but they can’t even really give them away because most people just don’t want them. As a result, they have to charge outrageous prices for the pickup trucks they do sell. With the economy in shambles (and it’s all related) few can afford to buy them. Just wait until the day of reckoning (coming very soon) when GM and Ford have to file for bankruptcy. Stellantis is already considering shuttering the Dodge and Chrysler nameplates. We’ll all be paying for that one. It could very well be the final last straw that brings about the collapse of the United States.
@TheWizardGamez
3 ай бұрын
Crazy thing is that the auto industry was already trending towards smaller cars. As can be seen by the imports from Europe and Asia. But Detroit couldn’t have that. So they lobbied the government to impose massive tariffs. When the oil crisis hit. Americans finally took the big hop in mass. Forcing Detroit to actually compete on fuel economy. The embargo and whatnot was just the EPA getting all high and mighty. Every year or so they increase the standards, pushing out little by little the sedan market. Wonder why ford quit making sedans.
@Sigma-INFJ.
3 ай бұрын
It's funny how while Seamus is talking about CAFE, you can see that Bob has a can of coffee in his grocery bag.
@achinthmurali5207
3 ай бұрын
I’m looking at your references in the description. Wikipedia is not a good source, and some of the articles there don’t even say anything. Don’t get me wrong. I see your point and I’m inclined to agree with you, but it needs better sources
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