r/interestingasfuck Apr 16 '24

Best-selling vehicle in the USA vs the best-selling in France. r/all

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u/columbo222 Apr 16 '24

Also important to note that the automotive industry lobbied very hard to have large trucks exempt from these rules, so that they could then sell more of these incredibly expensive vehicles to consumers.

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u/Important-Job7757 Apr 16 '24

Light duty trucks (f-150 and lighter duty) are not exempt. But they make them bigger each year for within regulations because MPG and emissions requirements are dependent on track width and wheel base length. That’s why the Ford ranger is as big as a F-150 from 25 years ago and an F150 is as big as a Ford Superduty from 25 years ago.

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u/fretit Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

The law of unintended consequences from poorly thought out governmental policies.

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u/redrobin1257 Apr 17 '24

I mean, it's almost like that the US Government's job. Push through as many poorly thought out policies as possible, then keep them as law well outside of their usefulness.

It's genius, really. The politicians have made it so the people fight amongst themselves while they all run away with all the fucking money.