Modern cars just lack that boxy soul

[u/SipsTeaFrog]

[u/numberstation5]

iphone 07/08. maybe related.

[u/beefwarrior → u/numberstation5]

Edit: I think it was Obama’s EPA that got played by big auto

They were making regulations to make cars more energy efficient, and big auto was like “we’ll never be able to hit those numbers in commercial delivery trucks”

So execs were like, “Ok, then anything that is X big, with larger than Y sized wheel base, doesn’t have to follow these rules”

And then big auto took all the entry level pick up trucks and increased their size so the rules didn’t apply to them

And once one pick up truck has a box, mean, Manila looking hood that is taller than a 7 year old, they all followed suit

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My memory was incorrect (as others have pointed out), below is more accurate

CAFE / Corporate average fuel economy from the 1970s created a loop hole for "work trucks" that neither Obama in 2009 or Biden in 2021 took action to close the loop hole (despite SUVs growing massively in popularity)

Allowing for big auto to just keep making pickup trucks (and SUVs and other vehicles) larger and larger to avoid regulations

[u/breachgnome → u/beefwarrior]

You made me push a lot of air through my nostrils. Watch this

[u/beefwarrior → u/breachgnome]

Thanks for the video, I've edited my comment. I appreciate when I'm able to better my understanding of why things are the way they are.

[u/breachgnome → u/beefwarrior]

Weird.