And people pay 80k plus for those. It's ridiculous. I can't imagine just throwing away thousands a year on gas, maintenance, insurance, truck nuts etc. all while renting an apartment.
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i drive a small hatchback, and everyone who isn't another small hatchback owner makes passive aggressive commentary about my car. The social pressure to conform and buy a mid-sized or larger SUV/truck is insane, and most folks cave to it. (and now the new thing is 'you have to buy an EV' social pressure).
especially as a well-paid middle aged person, the implication is that I am an economic failure at life, and 'self-respect' demands I drive a large expensive vehicle to display my status. Like I have had many folks lecture me about how at my age/money I need to own a 'nice' car (e.g. 50-60K+ MSRP)
I am in the market for a new car and I am going to get another small hatchback. I have looked at small trucks and other vehicles but the economics don't make any sense. I'd pay a lot more money for no additional benefit.
FWIW my first car was a 10 year old hand me down SUV. And I absolutely hated driving it. It was huge, slow, and got like 8mpg, but my idiot parents insisted I had to drive it because it was 'safe'.
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Maybe it's because I am in tech, but not a single person in my friends group drives a pickup truck. Even now that I've moved to Wyoming, there are no truck owners. To be fair, pickups suck in our weather. A lot of Subaru and vans though.
I guess what I am saying is that maybe gas guzzling pickups aren't an American thing as much as they are a specific type of American thing.
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The older I get, the less and less heed I pay to supply and demand Econ101. I don't think it's a coincidence that Americans "choose" the most profitable kind of vehicles.
Supply and demand is a framework, not a model. It doesn't say anything.
Apparently the entire internet failed to learn Econ101.
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Supply and demand is correct in isolation. But so is advertising, they have spent decades learning human psychology to make people want certain things, hence creating demand for things that they want to sell. And they have also learned to create scarcity to Jack up prices.
For the 2027 model year, GM/Chevrolet are bringing back the ~~350~~408! 6.7L of V8 power, up from a measly 6.2L!
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As an American, I cannot confirm this.
This big trucks are basically just worse minivans for the most part anyway.
No third row seating option, similar cargo capacity, and significantly worse gas mileage.
Obviously you can tow stuff. But outside of that? Meh. I’d rather have a small truck like a Ridgeline if I were to get one at all.
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