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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Maybe US car manufacturers could, y'know, make their own compact trucks? 😀

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

They don't have as much profit as large trucks. Capitalism strikes again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Capitalists don't like to compete fairly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that requires a shift in design and engineering, not to mention retooling the actual manufacturing process

less expensive to just keep selling shit in the status quo. change is effort, effort is waste, waste is less profit margins

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

they retool for every single model anyway. there's really no excuse

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

American Auto Manufacturers are run by ancient douche bags that are desperately holding on to the past.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, they're run by ancient douche bags that are constantly finding loopholes in the current laws that allow (if not encourage) them to make bigger vehicles.

If they were desperately trying to hold onto the past, the new Ford Ranger reboot wouldn't be nearly the same size as an F-150.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

The only good Ranger was the Mazda B2000.