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That would be the US EPA and whomever influenced them in the Carter administration to classify trucks as regulated differently than other passenger vehicles. It unironically financially encourages SUVs over vans and bigger bodied trucks over smaller ones.

It’s killed the work truck, the small truck, and literal pedestrians.

Their intentions were fine at the time and it has resulted in average miles per gallon within their class going way up but it needs to be amended. The shifting of sales eats into any fuel efficiency gains. Regulate them the same as any passenger vehicle and give me my utility back.

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LukeMedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I wish small pickups were still a thing

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- Lordran_Hollow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The Maverick is (comparatively) a small modern pickup. It’s the whole reason I chose it. I always wanted a truck, but I absolutely detested how big and inefficient they were, so I never bothered. I had a Maverick come in for a remote start last year and got to look at it and I quite liked it, ended up ordering one of my own that same year.
  
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- Screwthehole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Ford had new rangers on the lot when I was shopping for my truck
  
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  - LukeMedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    New rangers aren’t that small. I really like the size of old rangers, colarados, Toyota Tacomas. Those were reasonably sized trucks meant for utility. Not for dick swinging contests and skirting EPA regulations.
    
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    Screwthehole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I found it very small. Smaller than my mid size SUV I was replacing and I couldn’t even get in the driver seat. But obviously ymmv
    
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